diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm.c
index 21277f3c64e76..f2af76577e224 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm.c
@@ -881,6 +881,11 @@ static vm_fault_t vm_fault_ttm(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (obj->mm.madv != I915_MADV_WILLNEED) {
+		dma_resv_unlock(bo->base.resv);
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+	}
+
 	if (drm_dev_enter(dev, &idx)) {
 		ret = ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved(vmf, vmf->vma->vm_page_prot,
 					       TTM_BO_VM_NUM_PREFAULT);