diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index a83859767d48c21a4d7a93eed12f68fe15342048..ed0b68fdb9703f60bba0a29f4c36bdb19d5330bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3613,7 +3613,7 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object *i915_gem_alloc_object(struct drm_device *dev,
 	obj->base.write_domain = I915_GEM_DOMAIN_CPU;
 	obj->base.read_domains = I915_GEM_DOMAIN_CPU;
 
-	if (IS_GEN6(dev)) {
+	if (IS_GEN6(dev) || IS_GEN7(dev)) {
 		/* On Gen6, we can have the GPU use the LLC (the CPU
 		 * cache) for about a 10% performance improvement
 		 * compared to uncached.  Graphics requests other than