diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index a4b4ab7b9f8ef323592b9e8f162de009c21673b3..e603f99343f8af41fc888329c3a651135225a43e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static int i915_getparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		value = HAS_LEGACY_SEMAPHORES(dev_priv);
 		break;
 	case I915_PARAM_HAS_SECURE_BATCHES:
-		value = capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+		value = HAS_SECURE_BATCHES(dev_priv) && capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
 		break;
 	case I915_PARAM_CMD_PARSER_VERSION:
 		value = i915_cmd_parser_get_version(dev_priv);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index d6c25bea438220b3dfc270f56440d606385d5fc2..b4b55d18cc9e13410f3faae9eafde6241f71bd1f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2517,6 +2517,8 @@ intel_info(const struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 #define HAS_LEGACY_SEMAPHORES(dev_priv) IS_GEN7(dev_priv)
 
+#define HAS_SECURE_BATCHES(dev_priv) (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) < 6)
+
 #define HAS_LLC(dev_priv)	((dev_priv)->info.has_llc)
 #define HAS_SNOOP(dev_priv)	((dev_priv)->info.has_snoop)
 #define HAS_EDRAM(dev_priv)	(!!((dev_priv)->edram_cap & EDRAM_ENABLED))
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 679bbae5294533b5aa09ea10b03dfe682ff1558a..e216ba48366b93d83f397fe920829a5b272fe132 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -2177,6 +2177,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 		       struct drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 *exec,
 		       struct drm_syncobj **fences)
 {
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = to_i915(dev);
 	struct i915_execbuffer eb;
 	struct dma_fence *in_fence = NULL;
 	struct sync_file *out_fence = NULL;
@@ -2187,7 +2188,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(__EXEC_OBJECT_INTERNAL_FLAGS &
 		     ~__EXEC_OBJECT_UNKNOWN_FLAGS);
 
-	eb.i915 = to_i915(dev);
+	eb.i915 = i915;
 	eb.file = file;
 	eb.args = args;
 	if (DBG_FORCE_RELOC || !(args->flags & I915_EXEC_NO_RELOC))
@@ -2209,8 +2210,15 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	eb.batch_flags = 0;
 	if (args->flags & I915_EXEC_SECURE) {
+		if (INTEL_GEN(i915) >= 11)
+			return -ENODEV;
+
+		/* Return -EPERM to trigger fallback code on old binaries. */
+		if (!HAS_SECURE_BATCHES(i915))
+			return -EPERM;
+
 		if (!drm_is_current_master(file) || !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		    return -EPERM;
+			return -EPERM;
 
 		eb.batch_flags |= I915_DISPATCH_SECURE;
 	}