diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
index 2faa481cc18f9..9cf4ad78ece6e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
@@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ static inline void i915_gem_object_unpin_map(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	i915_gem_object_unpin_pages(obj);
 }
 
+void __i915_gem_object_release_map(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
+
 void
 i915_gem_object_flush_write_domain(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 				   unsigned int flush_domains);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pages.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pages.c
index af9e48ee4a334..7e54657cf67bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pages.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pages.c
@@ -408,6 +408,21 @@ void __i915_gem_object_flush_map(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	}
 }
 
+void __i915_gem_object_release_map(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!obj->mm.mapping);
+
+	/*
+	 * We allow removing the mapping from underneath pinned pages!
+	 *
+	 * Furthermore, since this is an unsafe operation reserved only
+	 * for construction time manipulation, we ignore locking prudence.
+	 */
+	unmap_object(obj, page_mask_bits(fetch_and_zero(&obj->mm.mapping)));
+
+	i915_gem_object_unpin_map(obj);
+}
+
 struct scatterlist *
 i915_gem_object_get_sg(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 		       unsigned int n,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen7_renderclear.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen7_renderclear.c
index de595b66a7462..d93d85cd30270 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen7_renderclear.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen7_renderclear.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ int gen7_setup_clear_gpr_bb(struct intel_engine_cs * const engine,
 	emit_batch(vma, memset(batch, 0, bv.max_size), &bv);
 
 	i915_gem_object_flush_map(vma->obj);
-	i915_gem_object_unpin_map(vma->obj);
+	__i915_gem_object_release_map(vma->obj);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index 890ad041ea5cc..fbcfeaed6441a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -3937,7 +3937,7 @@ static int intel_init_workaround_bb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(batch_ptr - batch > CTX_WA_BB_OBJ_SIZE);
 
 	__i915_gem_object_flush_map(wa_ctx->vma->obj, 0, batch_ptr - batch);
-	i915_gem_object_unpin_map(wa_ctx->vma->obj);
+	__i915_gem_object_release_map(wa_ctx->vma->obj);
 	if (ret)
 		lrc_destroy_wa_ctx(engine);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_renderstate.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_renderstate.c
index 6db23389e427a..1bfad589c63b3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_renderstate.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_renderstate.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static int render_state_setup(struct intel_renderstate *so,
 	ret = 0;
 out:
 	__i915_gem_object_flush_map(so->vma->obj, 0, i * sizeof(u32));
-	i915_gem_object_unpin_map(so->vma->obj);
+	__i915_gem_object_release_map(so->vma->obj);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ring_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ring_submission.c
index b09b83deecefa..94915f668715d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ring_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ring_submission.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ alloc_context_vma(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 			   vaddr, engine->context_size);
 
 		i915_gem_object_flush_map(obj);
-		i915_gem_object_unpin_map(obj);
+		__i915_gem_object_release_map(obj);
 	}
 
 	vma = i915_vma_instance(obj, &engine->gt->ggtt->vm, NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
index 37631ce0699b1..de69d430b1ed8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ static int alloc_noa_wait(struct i915_perf_stream *stream)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(cs - batch > PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(*batch));
 
 	i915_gem_object_flush_map(bo);
-	i915_gem_object_unpin_map(bo);
+	__i915_gem_object_release_map(bo);
 
 	stream->noa_wait = vma;
 	return 0;
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ alloc_oa_config_buffer(struct i915_perf_stream *stream,
 	*cs++ = 0;
 
 	i915_gem_object_flush_map(obj);
-	i915_gem_object_unpin_map(obj);
+	__i915_gem_object_release_map(obj);
 
 	oa_bo->vma = i915_vma_instance(obj,
 				       &stream->engine->gt->ggtt->vm,