diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index ee2a30422020615f8b37cd6e375ac80411e1872d..d699ea3ab80be3d35e40072ec86d0fd40a7924ec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2730,6 +2730,9 @@ i915_gem_object_pwrite_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	if (i915_gem_object_has_pages(obj))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (obj->mm.madv != I915_MADV_WILLNEED)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	/* Before the pages are instantiated the object is treated as being
 	 * in the CPU domain. The pages will be clflushed as required before
 	 * use, and we can freely write into the pages directly. If userspace