diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
index 032736b429bfcbf822d4278c6caa573a4e173d61..450656027aba91db2a6574c5ddc20c718266ee23 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ int radeon_gem_userptr_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	/* reject unknown flag values */
 	if (args->flags & ~(RADEON_GEM_USERPTR_READONLY |
-	    RADEON_GEM_USERPTR_ANONONLY))
+	    RADEON_GEM_USERPTR_ANONONLY | RADEON_GEM_USERPTR_VALIDATE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* readonly pages not tested on older hardware */
@@ -312,6 +312,22 @@ int radeon_gem_userptr_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (r)
 		goto release_object;
 
+	if (args->flags & RADEON_GEM_USERPTR_VALIDATE) {
+		down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+		r = radeon_bo_reserve(bo, true);
+		if (r) {
+			up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+			goto release_object;
+		}
+
+		radeon_ttm_placement_from_domain(bo, RADEON_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT);
+		r = ttm_bo_validate(&bo->tbo, &bo->placement, true, false);
+		radeon_bo_unreserve(bo);
+		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+		if (r)
+			goto release_object;
+	}
+
 	r = drm_gem_handle_create(filp, gobj, &handle);
 	/* drop reference from allocate - handle holds it now */
 	drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(gobj);
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/radeon_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/radeon_drm.h
index 9720e1a368487de809b321fb57c8008e0eb72abf..5dc61c2d4c73ffba714fc2ea0a6f7415c276b789 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/radeon_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/radeon_drm.h
@@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ struct drm_radeon_gem_create {
  */
 #define RADEON_GEM_USERPTR_READONLY	(1 << 0)
 #define RADEON_GEM_USERPTR_ANONONLY	(1 << 1)
+#define RADEON_GEM_USERPTR_VALIDATE	(1 << 2)
 
 struct drm_radeon_gem_userptr {
 	uint64_t		addr;