diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
index e9dbb481c469..8bf3770f294e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
@@ -142,19 +142,6 @@ drm_gem_object_alloc(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size)
 	if (IS_ERR(obj->filp))
 		goto free;
 
-	/* Basically we want to disable the OOM killer and handle ENOMEM
-	 * ourselves by sacrificing pages from cached buffers.
-	 * XXX shmem_file_[gs]et_gfp_mask()
-	 */
-	mapping_set_gfp_mask(obj->filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping,
-			     GFP_HIGHUSER |
-			     __GFP_COLD |
-			     __GFP_FS |
-			     __GFP_RECLAIMABLE |
-			     __GFP_NORETRY |
-			     __GFP_NOWARN |
-			     __GFP_NOMEMALLOC);
-
 	kref_init(&obj->refcount);
 	kref_init(&obj->handlecount);
 	obj->size = size;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index 9c9998c4dceb..a894ade03093 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static int i915_batchbuffer_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 	list_for_each_entry(obj_priv, &dev_priv->mm.active_list, list) {
 		obj = obj_priv->obj;
 		if (obj->read_domains & I915_GEM_DOMAIN_COMMAND) {
-		    ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj);
+		    ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj, 0);
 		    if (ret) {
 			    DRM_ERROR("Failed to get pages: %d\n", ret);
 			    spin_unlock(&dev_priv->mm.active_list_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 2c1669488b5a..aaf934d96f21 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ int i915_gem_attach_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
 void i915_gem_detach_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
 				 struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 void i915_gem_free_all_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev);
-int i915_gem_object_get_pages(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+int i915_gem_object_get_pages(struct drm_gem_object *obj, gfp_t gfpmask);
 void i915_gem_object_put_pages(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 void i915_gem_release(struct drm_device * dev, struct drm_file *file_priv);
 void i915_gem_object_flush_write_domain(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 0c67924ca80c..dda787aafcc6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ i915_gem_shmem_pread_fast(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
-	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj);
+	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj, 0);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto fail_unlock;
 
@@ -321,40 +321,24 @@ i915_gem_shmem_pread_fast(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline gfp_t
-i915_gem_object_get_page_gfp_mask (struct drm_gem_object *obj)
-{
-	return mapping_gfp_mask(obj->filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping);
-}
-
-static inline void
-i915_gem_object_set_page_gfp_mask (struct drm_gem_object *obj, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	mapping_set_gfp_mask(obj->filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mapping, gfp);
-}
-
 static int
 i915_gem_object_get_pages_or_evict(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj);
+	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj, __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN);
 
 	/* If we've insufficient memory to map in the pages, attempt
 	 * to make some space by throwing out some old buffers.
 	 */
 	if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
 		struct drm_device *dev = obj->dev;
-		gfp_t gfp;
 
 		ret = i915_gem_evict_something(dev, obj->size);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
-		gfp = i915_gem_object_get_page_gfp_mask(obj);
-		i915_gem_object_set_page_gfp_mask(obj, gfp & ~__GFP_NORETRY);
-		ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj);
-		i915_gem_object_set_page_gfp_mask (obj, gfp);
+		ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj, 0);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -790,7 +774,7 @@ i915_gem_shmem_pwrite_fast(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
-	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj);
+	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj, 0);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto fail_unlock;
 
@@ -2230,7 +2214,8 @@ i915_gem_evict_something(struct drm_device *dev, int min_size)
 }
 
 int
-i915_gem_object_get_pages(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+i915_gem_object_get_pages(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
+			  gfp_t gfpmask)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv = obj->driver_private;
 	int page_count, i;
@@ -2256,7 +2241,10 @@ i915_gem_object_get_pages(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 	inode = obj->filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++) {
-		page = read_mapping_page(mapping, i, NULL);
+		page = read_cache_page_gfp(mapping, i,
+					   mapping_gfp_mask (mapping) |
+					   __GFP_COLD |
+					   gfpmask);
 		if (IS_ERR(page)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(page);
 			i915_gem_object_put_pages(obj);
@@ -2579,7 +2567,7 @@ i915_gem_object_bind_to_gtt(struct drm_gem_object *obj, unsigned alignment)
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv = obj->driver_private;
 	struct drm_mm_node *free_space;
-	bool retry_alloc = false;
+	gfp_t gfpmask =  __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (obj_priv->madv != I915_MADV_WILLNEED) {
@@ -2623,15 +2611,7 @@ i915_gem_object_bind_to_gtt(struct drm_gem_object *obj, unsigned alignment)
 	DRM_INFO("Binding object of size %zd at 0x%08x\n",
 		 obj->size, obj_priv->gtt_offset);
 #endif
-	if (retry_alloc) {
-		i915_gem_object_set_page_gfp_mask (obj,
-						   i915_gem_object_get_page_gfp_mask (obj) & ~__GFP_NORETRY);
-	}
-	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj);
-	if (retry_alloc) {
-		i915_gem_object_set_page_gfp_mask (obj,
-						   i915_gem_object_get_page_gfp_mask (obj) | __GFP_NORETRY);
-	}
+	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj, gfpmask);
 	if (ret) {
 		drm_mm_put_block(obj_priv->gtt_space);
 		obj_priv->gtt_space = NULL;
@@ -2641,9 +2621,9 @@ i915_gem_object_bind_to_gtt(struct drm_gem_object *obj, unsigned alignment)
 			ret = i915_gem_evict_something(dev, obj->size);
 			if (ret) {
 				/* now try to shrink everyone else */
-				if (! retry_alloc) {
-				    retry_alloc = true;
-				    goto search_free;
+				if (gfpmask) {
+					gfpmask = 0;
+					goto search_free;
 				}
 
 				return ret;
@@ -4946,7 +4926,7 @@ void i915_gem_detach_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (!obj_priv->phys_obj)
 		return;
 
-	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj);
+	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj, 0);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -5004,7 +4984,7 @@ i915_gem_attach_phys_object(struct drm_device *dev,
 	obj_priv->phys_obj = dev_priv->mm.phys_objs[id - 1];
 	obj_priv->phys_obj->cur_obj = obj;
 
-	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj);
+	ret = i915_gem_object_get_pages(obj, 0);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_ERROR("failed to get page list\n");
 		goto out;