diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
index 1c9a1d8d3434..640dfbf1f01e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ i915_gem_object_pin_to_display_plane(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 void i915_gem_object_make_unshrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
 void i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
+void __i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
 void i915_gem_object_make_purgeable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
 
 static inline bool cpu_write_needs_clflush(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shrinker.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shrinker.c
index 0440696f786a..4b6b2bb6f180 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shrinker.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shrinker.c
@@ -487,13 +487,12 @@ void i915_gem_object_make_unshrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i915->mm.obj_lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void __i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
-					      struct list_head *head)
+static void ___i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
+					       struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = obj_to_i915(obj);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_object_has_pages(obj));
 	if (!i915_gem_object_is_shrinkable(obj))
 		return;
 
@@ -512,6 +511,21 @@ static void __i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i915->mm.obj_lock, flags);
 }
 
+/**
+ * __i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable - Move the object to the tail of the
+ * shrinkable list. Objects on this list might be swapped out. Used with
+ * WILLNEED objects.
+ * @obj: The GEM object.
+ *
+ * DO NOT USE. This is intended to be called on very special objects that don't
+ * yet have mm.pages, but are guaranteed to have potentially reclaimable pages
+ * underneath.
+ */
+void __i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	___i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(obj,
+					   &obj_to_i915(obj)->mm.shrink_list);
+}
 
 /**
  * i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable - Move the object to the tail of the
@@ -523,8 +537,8 @@ static void __i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
  */
 void i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
-	__i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(obj,
-					  &obj_to_i915(obj)->mm.shrink_list);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_object_has_pages(obj));
+	__i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(obj);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -538,6 +552,7 @@ void i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
  */
 void i915_gem_object_make_purgeable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
-	__i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(obj,
-					  &obj_to_i915(obj)->mm.purge_list);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_object_has_pages(obj));
+	___i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(obj,
+					   &obj_to_i915(obj)->mm.purge_list);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm.c
index c7402995a8f9..194e5f1deda8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm.c
@@ -749,6 +749,8 @@ static int i915_ttm_move(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, bool evict,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	i915_ttm_adjust_lru(obj);
+
 	dst_st = i915_ttm_resource_get_st(obj, dst_mem);
 	if (IS_ERR(dst_st))
 		return PTR_ERR(dst_st);
@@ -856,7 +858,6 @@ static int __i915_ttm_get_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			return i915_ttm_err_to_gem(ret);
 	}
 
-	i915_ttm_adjust_lru(obj);
 	if (bo->ttm && !ttm_tt_is_populated(bo->ttm)) {
 		ret = ttm_tt_populate(bo->bdev, bo->ttm, &ctx);
 		if (ret)
@@ -876,10 +877,10 @@ static int __i915_ttm_get_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			return PTR_ERR(st);
 
 		__i915_gem_object_set_pages(obj, st, i915_sg_dma_sizes(st->sgl));
-		if (!bo->ttm || !i915_tt->is_shmem)
-			i915_gem_object_make_unshrinkable(obj);
 	}
 
+	i915_ttm_adjust_lru(obj);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -950,8 +951,6 @@ static void i915_ttm_put_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	 * If the object is not destroyed next, The TTM eviction logic
 	 * and shrinkers will move it out if needed.
 	 */
-
-	i915_ttm_adjust_lru(obj);
 }
 
 static void i915_ttm_adjust_lru(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
@@ -967,6 +966,17 @@ static void i915_ttm_adjust_lru(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	if (!kref_read(&bo->kref))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Even if we lack mm.pages for this object(which will be the case when
+	 * something is evicted to system memory by TTM), we still want to make
+	 * this object visible to the shrinker, since the underlying ttm_tt
+	 * still has the real shmem pages.
+	 */
+	if (bo->ttm && i915_tt->filp && ttm_tt_is_populated(bo->ttm))
+		__i915_gem_object_make_shrinkable(obj);
+	else
+		i915_gem_object_make_unshrinkable(obj);
+
 	/*
 	 * Put on the correct LRU list depending on the MADV status
 	 */
@@ -1006,6 +1016,14 @@ static void i915_ttm_adjust_lru(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 static void i915_ttm_delayed_free(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	if (obj->ttm.created) {
+		/*
+		 * We freely manage the shrinker LRU outide of the mm.pages life
+		 * cycle. As a result when destroying the object it's up to us
+		 * to ensure we remove it from the LRU, before we free the
+		 * object.
+		 */
+		i915_gem_object_make_unshrinkable(obj);
+
 		ttm_bo_put(i915_gem_to_ttm(obj));
 	} else {
 		__i915_gem_free_object(obj);
