i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
        struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(obj->base.dev);
-       int page_count, i;
+       const unsigned long page_count = obj->base.size / PAGE_SIZE;
+       unsigned long i;
        struct address_space *mapping;
        struct sg_table *st;
        struct scatterlist *sg;
        if (st == NULL)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-       page_count = obj->base.size / PAGE_SIZE;
+rebuild_st:
        if (sg_alloc_table(st, page_count, GFP_KERNEL)) {
                kfree(st);
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        i915_sg_trim(st);
 
        ret = i915_gem_gtt_prepare_pages(obj, st);
-       if (ret)
-               goto err_pages;
+       if (ret) {
+               /* DMA remapping failed? One possible cause is that
+                * it could not reserve enough large entries, asking
+                * for PAGE_SIZE chunks instead may be helpful.
+                */
+               if (max_segment > PAGE_SIZE) {
+                       for_each_sgt_page(page, sgt_iter, st)
+                               put_page(page);
+                       sg_free_table(st);
+
+                       max_segment = PAGE_SIZE;
+                       goto rebuild_st;
+               } else {
+                       dev_warn(&dev_priv->drm.pdev->dev,
+                                "Failed to DMA remap %lu pages\n",
+                                page_count);
+                       goto err_pages;
+               }
+       }
 
        if (i915_gem_object_needs_bit17_swizzle(obj))
                i915_gem_object_do_bit_17_swizzle(obj, st);