diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 06eb77113c01d6c9c45d1bd1a67b145de53ed816..ceeed35e9672ad7e05b5ed1a86b3f665094eadd2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -788,6 +788,13 @@ struct intel_context {
 	struct list_head link;
 };
 
+enum fb_op_origin {
+	ORIGIN_GTT,
+	ORIGIN_CPU,
+	ORIGIN_CS,
+	ORIGIN_FLIP,
+};
+
 struct i915_fbc {
 	unsigned long uncompressed_size;
 	unsigned threshold;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 0107c2ae77d03be50a6ecc5fa161f3b70593bacd..d88002e7aa7c28f4713c1a078ae2afe25f8ed238 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3756,7 +3756,7 @@ i915_gem_object_set_to_gtt_domain(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj, bool write)
 	}
 
 	if (write)
-		intel_fb_obj_invalidate(obj, NULL);
+		intel_fb_obj_invalidate(obj, NULL, ORIGIN_GTT);
 
 	trace_i915_gem_object_change_domain(obj,
 					    old_read_domains,
@@ -4071,7 +4071,7 @@ i915_gem_object_set_to_cpu_domain(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj, bool write)
 	}
 
 	if (write)
-		intel_fb_obj_invalidate(obj, NULL);
+		intel_fb_obj_invalidate(obj, NULL, ORIGIN_CPU);
 
 	trace_i915_gem_object_change_domain(obj,
 					    old_read_domains,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 213a261bfa55efdbd47e2d4305f7c820dfa2cb48..dc10bc43864e30497122ac98e746a3896573c14e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(struct list_head *vmas,
 			obj->dirty = 1;
 			i915_gem_request_assign(&obj->last_write_req, req);
 
-			intel_fb_obj_invalidate(obj, ring);
+			intel_fb_obj_invalidate(obj, ring, ORIGIN_CS);
 
 			/* update for the implicit flush after a batch */
 			obj->base.write_domain &= ~I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index 773f19bcd4987d8a7c5217a87a6adc1063756294..61a40ab61d6b2f2f31927b9f7333e960e5338295 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -873,7 +873,8 @@ void intel_ddi_set_vc_payload_alloc(struct drm_crtc *crtc, bool state);
 
 /* intel_frontbuffer.c */
 void intel_fb_obj_invalidate(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
-			     struct intel_engine_cs *ring);
+			     struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+			     enum fb_op_origin origin);
 void intel_frontbuffer_flip_prepare(struct drm_device *dev,
 				    unsigned frontbuffer_bits);
 void intel_frontbuffer_flip_complete(struct drm_device *dev,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_frontbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_frontbuffer.c
index 73cb6e036445dd38f50503191db16d9fbf7a11b6..5da73f0124ce84c2c65b4feb2c0d08991a21d4e5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_frontbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_frontbuffer.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static void intel_mark_fb_busy(struct drm_device *dev,
  * intel_fb_obj_invalidate - invalidate frontbuffer object
  * @obj: GEM object to invalidate
  * @ring: set for asynchronous rendering
+ * @origin: which operation caused the invalidation
  *
  * This function gets called every time rendering on the given object starts and
  * frontbuffer caching (fbc, low refresh rate for DRRS, panel self refresh) must
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ static void intel_mark_fb_busy(struct drm_device *dev,
  * scheduled.
  */
 void intel_fb_obj_invalidate(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
-			     struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
+			     struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
+			     enum fb_op_origin origin)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = obj->base.dev;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;