int i915_gem_gtt_prepare_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
                               struct sg_table *pages)
 {
-       if (dma_map_sg(&obj->base.dev->pdev->dev,
-                      pages->sgl, pages->nents,
-                      PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL))
-               return 0;
+       do {
+               if (dma_map_sg(&obj->base.dev->pdev->dev,
+                              pages->sgl, pages->nents,
+                              PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL))
+                       return 0;
+
+               /* If the DMA remap fails, one cause can be that we have
+                * too many objects pinned in a small remapping table,
+                * such as swiotlb. Incrementally purge all other objects and
+                * try again - if there are no more pages to remove from
+                * the DMA remapper, i915_gem_shrink will return 0.
+                */
+               GEM_BUG_ON(obj->mm.pages == pages);
+       } while (i915_gem_shrink(to_i915(obj->base.dev),
+                                obj->base.size >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+                                I915_SHRINK_BOUND |
+                                I915_SHRINK_UNBOUND |
+                                I915_SHRINK_ACTIVE));
 
        return -ENOSPC;
 }