diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index cfbcf7ef567e50b0b1ef0966484931c69cef5c97..ad2a6924d9ce70a18e16dea1fc59c56c42932177 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(struct drm_device *dev)
 static inline bool
 i915_gem_object_is_inactive(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
-	return obj->gtt_space && !obj->active && obj->pin_count == 0;
+	return !obj->active && obj->pin_count == 0;
 }
 
 int
@@ -2737,6 +2737,7 @@ i915_gem_object_flush_cpu_write_domain(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 int
 i915_gem_object_set_to_gtt_domain(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj, bool write)
 {
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = obj->base.dev->dev_private;
 	uint32_t old_write_domain, old_read_domains;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -2777,6 +2778,10 @@ i915_gem_object_set_to_gtt_domain(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj, bool write)
 					    old_read_domains,
 					    old_write_domain);
 
+	/* And bump the LRU for this access */
+	if (i915_gem_object_is_inactive(obj))
+		list_move_tail(&obj->mm_list, &dev_priv->mm.inactive_list);
+
 	return 0;
 }