diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
index a5ac95bf05ea6946a6a936cdfa2e5454e846afc8..83a24614138a07aeff2c1d2705775de65b1e5e30 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.h
@@ -1642,7 +1642,8 @@ int radeon_uvd_get_create_msg(struct radeon_device *rdev, int ring,
 			      uint32_t handle, struct radeon_fence **fence);
 int radeon_uvd_get_destroy_msg(struct radeon_device *rdev, int ring,
 			       uint32_t handle, struct radeon_fence **fence);
-void radeon_uvd_force_into_uvd_segment(struct radeon_bo *rbo);
+void radeon_uvd_force_into_uvd_segment(struct radeon_bo *rbo,
+				       uint32_t allowed_domains);
 void radeon_uvd_free_handles(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 			     struct drm_file *filp);
 int radeon_uvd_cs_parse(struct radeon_cs_parser *parser);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
index 0129c7efae3b929d854a9c8f6bd69c5f94586a5c..c97a42432e2b895dd65b478995ddbef004aacd1d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ int radeon_bo_list_validate(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 		bo = lobj->robj;
 		if (!bo->pin_count) {
 			u32 domain = lobj->prefered_domains;
+			u32 allowed = lobj->allowed_domains;
 			u32 current_domain =
 				radeon_mem_type_to_domain(bo->tbo.mem.mem_type);
 
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ int radeon_bo_list_validate(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 			 * into account. We don't want to disallow buffer moves
 			 * completely.
 			 */
-			if ((lobj->allowed_domains & current_domain) != 0 &&
+			if ((allowed & current_domain) != 0 &&
 			    (domain & current_domain) == 0 && /* will be moved */
 			    bytes_moved > bytes_moved_threshold) {
 				/* don't move it */
@@ -512,7 +513,7 @@ int radeon_bo_list_validate(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 		retry:
 			radeon_ttm_placement_from_domain(bo, domain);
 			if (ring == R600_RING_TYPE_UVD_INDEX)
-				radeon_uvd_force_into_uvd_segment(bo);
+				radeon_uvd_force_into_uvd_segment(bo, allowed);
 
 			initial_bytes_moved = atomic64_read(&rdev->num_bytes_moved);
 			r = ttm_bo_validate(&bo->tbo, &bo->placement, true, false);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_uvd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_uvd.c
index 464d80145dfec027f965eca010e08e6b2da50b9c..1dedadd8f5df33a6a57f19c47f50dd821350e49d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_uvd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_uvd.c
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ int radeon_uvd_resume(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void radeon_uvd_force_into_uvd_segment(struct radeon_bo *rbo)
+void radeon_uvd_force_into_uvd_segment(struct radeon_bo *rbo,
+				       uint32_t allowed_domains)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -262,6 +263,21 @@ void radeon_uvd_force_into_uvd_segment(struct radeon_bo *rbo)
 		rbo->placements[i].fpfn = 0 >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 		rbo->placements[i].lpfn = (256 * 1024 * 1024) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	}
+
+	/* If it must be in VRAM it must be in the first segment as well */
+	if (allowed_domains == RADEON_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM)
+		return;
+
+	/* abort if we already have more than one placement */
+	if (rbo->placement.num_placement > 1)
+		return;
+
+	/* add another 256MB segment */
+	rbo->placements[1] = rbo->placements[0];
+	rbo->placements[1].fpfn += (256 * 1024 * 1024) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	rbo->placements[1].lpfn += (256 * 1024 * 1024) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	rbo->placement.num_placement++;
+	rbo->placement.num_busy_placement++;
 }
 
 void radeon_uvd_free_handles(struct radeon_device *rdev, struct drm_file *filp)
@@ -652,7 +668,7 @@ static int radeon_uvd_send_msg(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 		return r;
 
 	radeon_ttm_placement_from_domain(bo, RADEON_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM);
-	radeon_uvd_force_into_uvd_segment(bo);
+	radeon_uvd_force_into_uvd_segment(bo, RADEON_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM);
 
 	r = ttm_bo_validate(&bo->tbo, &bo->placement, true, false);
 	if (r)