diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fb_pin.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fb_pin.c
index e65e70efece7107371a41fa0e239a54154246fd1..6900acbb1381cb9b433d3321ba092cc32a67d26d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fb_pin.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fb_pin.c
@@ -50,7 +50,18 @@ intel_pin_fb_obj_dpt(struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
 			continue;
 
 		if (HAS_LMEM(dev_priv)) {
-			ret = i915_gem_object_migrate(obj, &ww, INTEL_REGION_LMEM_0);
+			unsigned int flags = obj->flags;
+
+			/*
+			 * For this type of buffer we need to able to read from the CPU
+			 * the clear color value found in the buffer, hence we need to
+			 * ensure it is always in the mappable part of lmem, if this is
+			 * a small-bar device.
+			 */
+			if (intel_fb_rc_ccs_cc_plane(fb) >= 0)
+				flags &= ~I915_BO_ALLOC_GPU_ONLY;
+			ret = __i915_gem_object_migrate(obj, &ww, INTEL_REGION_LMEM_0,
+							flags);
 			if (ret)
 				continue;
 		}