diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
index bfb25b81fed7..3bd28fb97124 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/mem_encrypt.h>
 
-#define TTM_BO_VM_NUM_PREFAULT 16
-
 static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault_idle(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 				struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
@@ -106,31 +104,30 @@ static unsigned long ttm_bo_io_mem_pfn(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 		+ page_offset;
 }
 
-static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+/**
+ * ttm_bo_vm_reserve - Reserve a buffer object in a retryable vm callback
+ * @bo: The buffer object
+ * @vmf: The fault structure handed to the callback
+ *
+ * vm callbacks like fault() and *_mkwrite() allow for the mm_sem to be dropped
+ * during long waits, and after the wait the callback will be restarted. This
+ * is to allow other threads using the same virtual memory space concurrent
+ * access to map(), unmap() completely unrelated buffer objects. TTM buffer
+ * object reservations sometimes wait for GPU and should therefore be
+ * considered long waits. This function reserves the buffer object interruptibly
+ * taking this into account. Starvation is avoided by the vm system not
+ * allowing too many repeated restarts.
+ * This function is intended to be used in customized fault() and _mkwrite()
+ * handlers.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *    0 on success and the bo was reserved.
+ *    VM_FAULT_RETRY if blocking wait.
+ *    VM_FAULT_NOPAGE if blocking wait and retrying was not allowed.
+ */
+vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_reserve(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
+			     struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
-	struct ttm_buffer_object *bo = (struct ttm_buffer_object *)
-	    vma->vm_private_data;
-	struct ttm_bo_device *bdev = bo->bdev;
-	unsigned long page_offset;
-	unsigned long page_last;
-	unsigned long pfn;
-	struct ttm_tt *ttm = NULL;
-	struct page *page;
-	int err;
-	int i;
-	vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
-	unsigned long address = vmf->address;
-	struct ttm_mem_type_manager *man =
-		&bdev->man[bo->mem.mem_type];
-	struct vm_area_struct cvma;
-
-	/*
-	 * Work around locking order reversal in fault / nopfn
-	 * between mmap_sem and bo_reserve: Perform a trylock operation
-	 * for reserve, and if it fails, retry the fault after waiting
-	 * for the buffer to become unreserved.
-	 */
 	if (unlikely(!reservation_object_trylock(bo->resv))) {
 		if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
 			if (!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)) {
@@ -151,14 +148,56 @@ static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 	}
 
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ttm_bo_vm_reserve);
+
+/**
+ * ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved - TTM fault helper
+ * @vmf: The struct vm_fault given as argument to the fault callback
+ * @cvma: The struct vmw_area_struct affected. Note that this may be a
+ * copy of the real vma object if the caller needs, for example, VM
+ * flags to be temporarily altered while determining the page protection.
+ * @num_prefault: Maximum number of prefault pages. The caller may want to
+ * specify this based on madvice settings and the size of the GPU object
+ * backed by the memory.
+ *
+ * This function inserts one or more page table entries pointing to the
+ * memory backing the buffer object, and then returns a return code
+ * instructing the caller to retry the page access.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *   VM_FAULT_NOPAGE on success or pending signal
+ *   VM_FAULT_SIGBUS on unspecified error
+ *   VM_FAULT_OOM on out-of-memory
+ *   VM_FAULT_RETRY if retryable wait
+ */
+vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved(struct vm_fault *vmf,
+				    struct vm_area_struct *cvma,
+				    pgoff_t num_prefault)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
+	struct ttm_buffer_object *bo = (struct ttm_buffer_object *)
+	    vma->vm_private_data;
+	struct ttm_bo_device *bdev = bo->bdev;
+	unsigned long page_offset;
+	unsigned long page_last;
+	unsigned long pfn;
+	struct ttm_tt *ttm = NULL;
+	struct page *page;
+	int err;
+	pgoff_t i;
+	vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+	unsigned long address = vmf->address;
+	struct ttm_mem_type_manager *man =
+		&bdev->man[bo->mem.mem_type];
+
 	/*
 	 * Refuse to fault imported pages. This should be handled
 	 * (if at all) by redirecting mmap to the exporter.
 	 */
-	if (bo->ttm && (bo->ttm->page_flags & TTM_PAGE_FLAG_SG)) {
-		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
+	if (bo->ttm && (bo->ttm->page_flags & TTM_PAGE_FLAG_SG))
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 
 	if (bdev->driver->fault_reserve_notify) {
 		struct dma_fence *moving = dma_fence_get(bo->moving);
@@ -169,11 +208,9 @@ static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 			break;
 		case -EBUSY:
 		case -ERESTARTSYS:
-			ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
-			goto out_unlock;
+			return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 		default:
-			ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
-			goto out_unlock;
+			return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 		}
 
 		if (bo->moving != moving) {
@@ -189,24 +226,15 @@ static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	 * move.
 	 */
 	ret = ttm_bo_vm_fault_idle(bo, vmf);
-	if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
-		if (ret == VM_FAULT_RETRY &&
-		    !(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT)) {
-			/* The BO has already been unreserved. */
-			return ret;
-		}
-
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
+	if (unlikely(ret != 0))
+		return ret;
 
 	err = ttm_mem_io_lock(man, true);
-	if (unlikely(err != 0)) {
-		ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
+	if (unlikely(err != 0))
+		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 	err = ttm_mem_io_reserve_vm(bo);
 	if (unlikely(err != 0)) {
-		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 		goto out_io_unlock;
 	}
 
@@ -220,17 +248,11 @@ static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		goto out_io_unlock;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Make a local vma copy to modify the page_prot member
-	 * and vm_flags if necessary. The vma parameter is protected
-	 * by mmap_sem in write mode.
-	 */
-	cvma = *vma;
-	cvma.vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(cvma.vm_flags);
+	cvma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(cvma->vm_flags);
 
 	if (bo->mem.bus.is_iomem) {
-		cvma.vm_page_prot = ttm_io_prot(bo->mem.placement,
-						cvma.vm_page_prot);
+		cvma->vm_page_prot = ttm_io_prot(bo->mem.placement,
+						 cvma->vm_page_prot);
 	} else {
 		struct ttm_operation_ctx ctx = {
 			.interruptible = false,
@@ -240,8 +262,8 @@ static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		};
 
 		ttm = bo->ttm;
-		cvma.vm_page_prot = ttm_io_prot(bo->mem.placement,
-						cvma.vm_page_prot);
+		cvma->vm_page_prot = ttm_io_prot(bo->mem.placement,
+						 cvma->vm_page_prot);
 
 		/* Allocate all page at once, most common usage */
 		if (ttm_tt_populate(ttm, &ctx)) {
@@ -254,10 +276,11 @@ static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	 * Speculatively prefault a number of pages. Only error on
 	 * first page.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < TTM_BO_VM_NUM_PREFAULT; ++i) {
+	for (i = 0; i < num_prefault; ++i) {
 		if (bo->mem.bus.is_iomem) {
 			/* Iomem should not be marked encrypted */
-			cvma.vm_page_prot = pgprot_decrypted(cvma.vm_page_prot);
+			cvma->vm_page_prot =
+				pgprot_decrypted(cvma->vm_page_prot);
 			pfn = ttm_bo_io_mem_pfn(bo, page_offset);
 		} else {
 			page = ttm->pages[page_offset];
@@ -273,10 +296,10 @@ static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		}
 
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MIXEDMAP)
-			ret = vmf_insert_mixed(&cvma, address,
+			ret = vmf_insert_mixed(cvma, address,
 					__pfn_to_pfn_t(pfn, PFN_DEV));
 		else
-			ret = vmf_insert_pfn(&cvma, address, pfn);
+			ret = vmf_insert_pfn(cvma, address, pfn);
 
 		/*
 		 * Somebody beat us to this PTE or prefaulting to
@@ -295,7 +318,26 @@ static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
 out_io_unlock:
 	ttm_mem_io_unlock(man);
-out_unlock:
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved);
+
+static vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
+	struct vm_area_struct cvma = *vma;
+	struct ttm_buffer_object *bo = (struct ttm_buffer_object *)
+	    vma->vm_private_data;
+	vm_fault_t ret;
+
+	ret = ttm_bo_vm_reserve(bo, vmf);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved(vmf, &cvma, TTM_BO_VM_NUM_PREFAULT);
+	if (ret == VM_FAULT_RETRY && !(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT))
+		return ret;
+
 	reservation_object_unlock(bo->resv);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
index 49d9cdfc58f2..bebfa16426ca 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
@@ -768,4 +768,14 @@ int ttm_bo_swapout(struct ttm_bo_global *glob,
 			struct ttm_operation_ctx *ctx);
 void ttm_bo_swapout_all(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev);
 int ttm_bo_wait_unreserved(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo);
+
+/* Default number of pre-faulted pages in the TTM fault handler */
+#define TTM_BO_VM_NUM_PREFAULT 16
+
+vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_reserve(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
+			     struct vm_fault *vmf);
+
+vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved(struct vm_fault *vmf,
+				    struct vm_area_struct *cvma,
+				    pgoff_t num_prefault);
 #endif
