{
        struct vmw_private *dev_priv = vmw_priv(dev);
        struct vmw_buffer_object *vbo;
+       int cpp = DIV_ROUND_UP(args->bpp, 8);
        int ret;
 
-       args->pitch = args->width * ((args->bpp + 7) / 8);
+       switch (cpp) {
+       case 1: /* DRM_FORMAT_C8 */
+       case 2: /* DRM_FORMAT_RGB565 */
+       case 4: /* DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888 */
+               break;
+       default:
+               /*
+                * Dumb buffers don't allow anything else.
+                * This is tested via IGT's dumb_buffers
+                */
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       args->pitch = args->width * cpp;
        args->size = ALIGN(args->pitch * args->height, PAGE_SIZE);
 
        ret = vmw_gem_object_create_with_handle(dev_priv, file_priv,