diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c
index 91051e1780217d..05289edbafe34b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ vm_fault_t i915_gem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		return VM_FAULT_OOM;
 	case -ENOSPC:
 	case -EFAULT:
+	case -ENODEV: /* bad object, how did you get here! */
 		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 	default:
 		WARN_ONCE(ret, "unhandled error in %s: %i\n", __func__, ret);
@@ -475,10 +476,16 @@ i915_gem_mmap_gtt(struct drm_file *file,
 	if (!obj)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	if (i915_gem_object_never_bind_ggtt(obj)) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	ret = create_mmap_offset(obj);
 	if (ret == 0)
 		*offset = drm_vma_node_offset_addr(&obj->base.vma_node);
 
+out:
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
index 5efb9936e05b51..ddf3605bea8eb4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ i915_gem_object_is_proxy(const struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	return obj->ops->flags & I915_GEM_OBJECT_IS_PROXY;
 }
 
+static inline bool
+i915_gem_object_never_bind_ggtt(const struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	return obj->ops->flags & I915_GEM_OBJECT_NO_GGTT;
+}
+
 static inline bool
 i915_gem_object_needs_async_cancel(const struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object_types.h
index ede0eb4218a81b..646859fea2246f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object_types.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object_ops {
 #define I915_GEM_OBJECT_HAS_STRUCT_PAGE	BIT(0)
 #define I915_GEM_OBJECT_IS_SHRINKABLE	BIT(1)
 #define I915_GEM_OBJECT_IS_PROXY	BIT(2)
-#define I915_GEM_OBJECT_ASYNC_CANCEL	BIT(3)
+#define I915_GEM_OBJECT_NO_GGTT		BIT(3)
+#define I915_GEM_OBJECT_ASYNC_CANCEL	BIT(4)
 
 	/* Interface between the GEM object and its backing storage.
 	 * get_pages() is called once prior to the use of the associated set
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c
index 11b231c187c500..6b3b50f0f6d98b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ i915_gem_userptr_dmabuf_export(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 static const struct drm_i915_gem_object_ops i915_gem_userptr_ops = {
 	.flags = I915_GEM_OBJECT_HAS_STRUCT_PAGE |
 		 I915_GEM_OBJECT_IS_SHRINKABLE |
+		 I915_GEM_OBJECT_NO_GGTT |
 		 I915_GEM_OBJECT_ASYNC_CANCEL,
 	.get_pages = i915_gem_userptr_get_pages,
 	.put_pages = i915_gem_userptr_put_pages,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 95e7c52cf8edc4..d0f94f239919e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -969,6 +969,9 @@ i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&obj->base.dev->struct_mutex);
 
+	if (i915_gem_object_never_bind_ggtt(obj))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
 	if (flags & PIN_MAPPABLE &&
 	    (!view || view->type == I915_GGTT_VIEW_NORMAL)) {
 		/* If the required space is larger than the available