diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c
index 1fd2081a905e7..91051e1780217 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c
@@ -316,7 +316,11 @@ vm_fault_t i915_gem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		intel_wakeref_auto(&i915->ggtt.userfault_wakeref,
 				   msecs_to_jiffies_timeout(CONFIG_DRM_I915_USERFAULT_AUTOSUSPEND));
 
-	i915_vma_set_ggtt_write(vma);
+	if (write) {
+		GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_object_has_pinned_pages(obj));
+		i915_vma_set_ggtt_write(vma);
+		obj->mm.dirty = true;
+	}
 
 err_fence:
 	i915_vma_unpin_fence(vma);