return fence - dev_priv->fence_regs;
 }
 
+struct write_fence {
+       struct drm_device *dev;
+       struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
+       int fence;
+};
+
 static void i915_gem_write_fence__ipi(void *data)
 {
+       struct write_fence *args = data;
+
+       /* Required for SNB+ with LLC */
        wbinvd();
+
+       /* Required for VLV */
+       i915_gem_write_fence(args->dev, args->fence, args->obj);
 }
 
 static void i915_gem_object_update_fence(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
                                         struct drm_i915_fence_reg *fence,
                                         bool enable)
 {
-       struct drm_device *dev = obj->base.dev;
-       struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
-       int fence_reg = fence_number(dev_priv, fence);
+       struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = obj->base.dev->dev_private;
+       struct write_fence args = {
+               .dev = obj->base.dev,
+               .fence = fence_number(dev_priv, fence),
+               .obj = enable ? obj : NULL,
+       };
 
        /* In order to fully serialize access to the fenced region and
         * the update to the fence register we need to take extreme
         * SNB+ we need to take a step further and emit an explicit wbinvd()
         * on each processor in order to manually flush all memory
         * transactions before updating the fence register.
+        *
+        * However, Valleyview complicates matter. There the wbinvd is
+        * insufficient and unlike SNB/IVB requires the serialising
+        * register write. (Note that that register write by itself is
+        * conversely not sufficient for SNB+.) To compromise, we do both.
         */
-       if (HAS_LLC(obj->base.dev))
-               on_each_cpu(i915_gem_write_fence__ipi, NULL, 1);
-       i915_gem_write_fence(dev, fence_reg, enable ? obj : NULL);
+       if (INTEL_INFO(args.dev)->gen >= 6)
+               on_each_cpu(i915_gem_write_fence__ipi, &args, 1);
+       else
+               i915_gem_write_fence(args.dev, args.fence, args.obj);
 
        if (enable) {
-               obj->fence_reg = fence_reg;
+               obj->fence_reg = args.fence;
                fence->obj = obj;
                list_move_tail(&fence->lru_list, &dev_priv->mm.fence_list);
        } else {