diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 4b1161dcb15c62ed6f02710fcfcda107d8f8333f..900ffd044db80049c47d0e976e59d406466de0c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -189,8 +189,15 @@ i915_gem_alloc_context_obj(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size)
 	 * shouldn't touch the cache level, especially as that
 	 * would make the object snooped which might have a
 	 * negative performance impact.
+	 *
+	 * Snooping is required on non-llc platforms in execlist
+	 * mode, but since all GGTT accesses use PAT entry 0 we
+	 * get snooping anyway regardless of cache_level.
+	 *
+	 * This is only applicable for Ivy Bridge devices since
+	 * later platforms don't have L3 control bits in the PTE.
 	 */
-	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 7 && !IS_VALLEYVIEW(dev) && !IS_CHERRYVIEW(dev)) {
+	if (IS_IVYBRIDGE(dev)) {
 		ret = i915_gem_object_set_cache_level(obj, I915_CACHE_L3_LLC);
 		/* Failure shouldn't ever happen this early */
 		if (WARN_ON(ret)) {