diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ioctl.c
index a51f48e3e917e0d3f5d4c73202be335df6f6919b..45d5b5ab6ca9d8788fe80f0fbfd9f164203c026a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ioctl.c
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ int vmw_getparam_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 				  SVGA_FIFO_3D_HWVERSION));
 		break;
 	}
+	case DRM_VMW_PARAM_MAX_SURF_MEMORY:
+		param->value = dev_priv->memory_size;
+		break;
 	default:
 		DRM_ERROR("Illegal vmwgfx get param request: %d\n",
 			  param->param);
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/vmwgfx_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/vmwgfx_drm.h
index bcb0912afe7a4a233a171f2d1b4bb7d518c6884e..f854ca4a1372812dda6f71c20c8a84b3bdcfc19a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/vmwgfx_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/vmwgfx_drm.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 #define DRM_VMW_PARAM_FIFO_CAPS        4
 #define DRM_VMW_PARAM_MAX_FB_SIZE      5
 #define DRM_VMW_PARAM_FIFO_HW_VERSION  6
+#define DRM_VMW_PARAM_MAX_SURF_MEMORY  7
 
 /**
  * struct drm_vmw_getparam_arg