diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index b2b9836c92e14dc54eb4b00ab069bad8f8353e30..4bd66e9a0450dc5d4e76a40e4bac8e55b42984de 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1914,6 +1914,9 @@ unsigned long i915_gem_obj_size(struct drm_i915_gem_object *o,
 				struct i915_address_space *vm);
 struct i915_vma *i915_gem_obj_to_vma(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 				     struct i915_address_space *vm);
+struct i915_vma *
+i915_gem_obj_lookup_or_create_vma(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
+				  struct i915_address_space *vm);
 /* Some GGTT VM helpers */
 #define obj_to_ggtt(obj) \
 	(&((struct drm_i915_private *)(obj)->base.dev->dev_private)->gtt.base)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index ca29055ae20604894956137af146234206b3b2a7..449575b85b31015a423c2b0dad32eb4297c2976f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3124,9 +3124,6 @@ i915_gem_object_bind_to_vm(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(!list_empty(&obj->vma_list)))
-		return -EBUSY;
-
 	fence_size = i915_gem_get_gtt_size(dev,
 					   obj->base.size,
 					   obj->tiling_mode);
@@ -3165,16 +3162,17 @@ i915_gem_object_bind_to_vm(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 	i915_gem_object_pin_pages(obj);
 
-	/* FIXME: For now we only ever use 1 VMA per object */
 	BUG_ON(!i915_is_ggtt(vm));
-	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&obj->vma_list));
 
-	vma = i915_gem_vma_create(obj, vm);
+	vma = i915_gem_obj_lookup_or_create_vma(obj, vm);
 	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(vma);
 		goto err_unpin;
 	}
 
+	/* For now we only ever use 1 vma per object */
+	WARN_ON(!list_is_singular(&obj->vma_list));
+
 search_free:
 	ret = drm_mm_insert_node_in_range_generic(&vm->mm, &vma->node,
 						  size, alignment,
@@ -4882,3 +4880,16 @@ struct i915_vma *i915_gem_obj_to_vma(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+struct i915_vma *
+i915_gem_obj_lookup_or_create_vma(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
+				  struct i915_address_space *vm)
+{
+	struct i915_vma *vma;
+
+	vma = i915_gem_obj_to_vma(obj, vm);
+	if (!vma)
+		vma = i915_gem_vma_create(obj, vm);
+
+	return vma;
+}