diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
index 75700552c71dbe7df1d2b782be1292408de53bab..03a2c0be0bf23fbfcda38512c1e7a0ce0451bf74 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ extern int amdgpu_si_support;
 extern int amdgpu_cik_support;
 #endif
 
+#define AMDGPU_SG_THRESHOLD			(256*1024*1024)
 #define AMDGPU_DEFAULT_GTT_SIZE_MB		3072ULL /* 3GB by default */
 #define AMDGPU_WAIT_IDLE_TIMEOUT_IN_MS	        3000
 #define AMDGPU_MAX_USEC_TIMEOUT			100000	/* 100 ms */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
index 1985c08413c6703b1f63d8ce2b86f85914dccb8e..e62153a86001d9b3bd517792b1d04d9aa29de1a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
@@ -701,6 +701,15 @@ int amdgpu_bo_pin_restricted(struct amdgpu_bo *bo, u32 domain,
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/* This assumes only APU display buffers are pinned with (VRAM|GTT).
+	 * See function amdgpu_display_supported_domains()
+	 */
+	if (domain == (AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM | AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT)) {
+		domain = AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM;
+		if (adev->gmc.real_vram_size <= AMDGPU_SG_THRESHOLD)
+			domain = AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT;
+	}
+
 	if (bo->pin_count) {
 		uint32_t mem_type = bo->tbo.mem.mem_type;