diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c
index 5802692ea604..d094cae0ddf1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c
@@ -427,6 +427,14 @@ i915_gem_create_ext_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		ext_data.n_placements = 1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * TODO: add a userspace hint to force CPU_ACCESS for the object, which
+	 * can override this.
+	 */
+	if (ext_data.n_placements > 1 ||
+	    ext_data.placements[0]->type != INTEL_MEMORY_SYSTEM)
+		ext_data.flags |= I915_BO_ALLOC_GPU_ONLY;
+
 	obj = __i915_gem_object_create_user_ext(i915, args->size,
 						ext_data.placements,
 						ext_data.n_placements,