diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
index 890121a4562537753fa3080f6751fed58e54591b..3af7ec80c7da7cc0c24173dcec8c9a88a300b616 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *virtio_gpu_create_object(struct drm_device *dev,
 		return NULL;
 
 	bo->base.base.funcs = &virtio_gpu_gem_funcs;
+	bo->base.map_cached = true;
 	return &bo->base.base;
 }