diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_buddy.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_buddy.c
index 1d801c88b286614753e299517302aeb8e13529e1..72ee3cd96a2436291fc9b0befe5479455fa5d3bb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_buddy.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_buddy.c
@@ -369,6 +369,26 @@ alloc_range_bias(struct drm_buddy *mm,
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
+static struct drm_buddy_block *
+get_maxblock(struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct drm_buddy_block *max_block = NULL, *node;
+
+	max_block = list_first_entry_or_null(head,
+					     struct drm_buddy_block,
+					     link);
+	if (!max_block)
+		return NULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(node, head, link) {
+		if (drm_buddy_block_offset(node) >
+		    drm_buddy_block_offset(max_block))
+			max_block = node;
+	}
+
+	return max_block;
+}
+
 static struct drm_buddy_block *
 alloc_from_freelist(struct drm_buddy *mm,
 		    unsigned int order,
@@ -379,11 +399,17 @@ alloc_from_freelist(struct drm_buddy *mm,
 	int err;
 
 	for (i = order; i <= mm->max_order; ++i) {
-		block = list_first_entry_or_null(&mm->free_list[i],
-						 struct drm_buddy_block,
-						 link);
-		if (block)
-			break;
+		if (flags & DRM_BUDDY_TOPDOWN_ALLOCATION) {
+			block = get_maxblock(&mm->free_list[i]);
+			if (block)
+				break;
+		} else {
+			block = list_first_entry_or_null(&mm->free_list[i],
+							 struct drm_buddy_block,
+							 link);
+			if (block)
+				break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!block)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_ttm_buddy_manager.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_ttm_buddy_manager.c
index a328a38fab07b09ed400f89b05d0371236626663..7f553cceb6c06680eab35e2d9a14317cf7d48f27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_ttm_buddy_manager.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_ttm_buddy_manager.c
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ static int i915_ttm_buddy_man_alloc(struct ttm_resource_manager *man,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bman_res->blocks);
 	bman_res->mm = mm;
 
+	if (place->flags & TTM_PL_FLAG_TOPDOWN)
+		bman_res->flags |= DRM_BUDDY_TOPDOWN_ALLOCATION;
+
 	if (place->fpfn || lpfn != man->size)
 		bman_res->flags |= DRM_BUDDY_RANGE_ALLOCATION;
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_buddy.h b/include/drm/drm_buddy.h
index 54f25a372f27d0933347818accc2a50222e84eeb..f0378fb48d06f3a580c17a5b908dd0391c97d6f2 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_buddy.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_buddy.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 })
 
 #define DRM_BUDDY_RANGE_ALLOCATION (1 << 0)
+#define DRM_BUDDY_TOPDOWN_ALLOCATION (1 << 1)
 
 struct drm_buddy_block {
 #define DRM_BUDDY_HEADER_OFFSET GENMASK_ULL(63, 12)