diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index ebd775cb1661..b394954726b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ i915_gem_create_context(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	} else if (HAS_FULL_PPGTT(i915)) {
 		struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt;
 
-		ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&i915->gt, 0);
+		ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&i915->gt, 0, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(ppgtt)) {
 			drm_dbg(&i915->drm, "PPGTT setup failed (%ld)\n",
 				PTR_ERR(ppgtt));
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ int i915_gem_vm_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (args->flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&i915->gt, 0);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&i915->gt, 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt))
 		return PTR_ERR(ppgtt);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c
index bd8dc1a28022..c1b86c7a4754 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ int i915_gem_huge_page_mock_selftests(void)
 	mkwrite_device_info(dev_priv)->ppgtt_type = INTEL_PPGTT_FULL;
 	mkwrite_device_info(dev_priv)->ppgtt_size = 48;
 
-	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&dev_priv->gt, 0);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&dev_priv->gt, 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ppgtt);
 		goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen6_ppgtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen6_ppgtt.c
index c0d149f04949..778472e563aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen6_ppgtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen6_ppgtt.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ struct i915_ppgtt *gen6_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt)
 
 	mutex_init(&ppgtt->flush);
 
-	ppgtt_init(&ppgtt->base, gt, 0);
+	ppgtt_init(&ppgtt->base, gt, 0, 0);
 	ppgtt->base.vm.pd_shift = ilog2(SZ_4K * SZ_4K / sizeof(gen6_pte_t));
 	ppgtt->base.vm.top = 1;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.c
index 312b2267bf87..dfca803b4ff1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.c
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ gen8_alloc_top_pd(struct i915_address_space *vm)
  *
  */
 struct i915_ppgtt *gen8_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt,
+				     unsigned long vm_flags,
 				     unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags)
 {
 	struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt;
@@ -921,7 +922,7 @@ struct i915_ppgtt *gen8_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt,
 	if (!ppgtt)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	ppgtt_init(ppgtt, gt, lmem_pt_obj_flags);
+	ppgtt_init(ppgtt, gt, vm_flags, lmem_pt_obj_flags);
 	ppgtt->vm.top = i915_vm_is_4lvl(&ppgtt->vm) ? 3 : 2;
 	ppgtt->vm.pd_shift = ilog2(SZ_4K * SZ_4K / sizeof(gen8_pte_t));
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.h
index f541d19264b4..c0af12593576 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ struct intel_gt;
 enum i915_cache_level;
 
 struct i915_ppgtt *gen8_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt,
+				     unsigned long vm_flags,
 				     unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags);
 
 u64 gen8_ggtt_pte_encode(dma_addr_t addr,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c
index 47f88f031749..938af60fd32f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static int init_aliasing_ppgtt(struct i915_ggtt *ggtt)
 	struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt;
 	int err;
 
-	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(ggtt->vm.gt, 0);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(ggtt->vm.gt, 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt))
 		return PTR_ERR(ppgtt);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
index 510cda6a163f..991a514a1dc3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static void intel_gt_fini_scratch(struct intel_gt *gt)
 static struct i915_address_space *kernel_vm(struct intel_gt *gt)
 {
 	if (INTEL_PPGTT(gt->i915) > INTEL_PPGTT_ALIASING)
-		return &i915_ppgtt_create(gt, I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY)->vm;
+		return &i915_ppgtt_create(gt, 0, I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY)->vm;
 	else
 		return i915_vm_get(&gt->ggtt->vm);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c
index 5447615fc6f3..d9bf53dc1d85 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object *alloc_pt_lmem(struct i915_address_space *vm, int sz)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 
+	if (vm->vm_flags & I915_VM_GTT_MAPPABLE) {
+		struct intel_memory_region *mr =
+			vm->i915->mm.regions[INTEL_REGION_LMEM];
+
+		sz = max_t(int, sz, mr->min_page_size);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * To avoid severe over-allocation when dealing with min_page_size
 	 * restrictions, we override that behaviour here by allowing an object
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h
index cbc0b5266cb4..eee97b46a1f9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h
@@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ struct i915_address_space {
 	u8 pd_shift;
 	u8 scratch_order;
 
+/*
+ * Paging structures are going to accessed via the GTT itself, and therefore
+ * might need special alignment.
+ */
+#define I915_VM_GTT_MAPPABLE BIT(0)
+	unsigned long vm_flags;
+
 	/* Flags used when creating page-table objects for this vm */
 	unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags;
 
@@ -543,6 +550,7 @@ i915_page_dir_dma_addr(const struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, const unsigned int n)
 }
 
 void ppgtt_init(struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, struct intel_gt *gt,
+		unsigned long vm_flags,
 		unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags);
 
 int i915_ggtt_probe_hw(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
@@ -562,6 +570,7 @@ static inline bool i915_ggtt_has_aperture(const struct i915_ggtt *ggtt)
 int i915_ppgtt_init_hw(struct intel_gt *gt);
 
 struct i915_ppgtt *i915_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt,
+				     unsigned long vm_flags,
 				     unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags);
 
 void i915_ggtt_suspend_vm(struct i915_address_space *vm);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c
index 2d3188a398dd..d553b76b1168 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ static struct i915_address_space *migrate_vm(struct intel_gt *gt)
 	 * TODO: Add support for huge LMEM PTEs
 	 */
 
-	vm = i915_ppgtt_create(gt, I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY);
+	vm = i915_ppgtt_create(gt,
+			       I915_VM_GTT_MAPPABLE,
+			       I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY);
 	if (IS_ERR(vm))
 		return ERR_CAST(vm);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ppgtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ppgtt.c
index b8238f5bc8b1..1218024dfd57 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ppgtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ppgtt.c
@@ -156,20 +156,25 @@ int i915_ppgtt_init_hw(struct intel_gt *gt)
 }
 
 static struct i915_ppgtt *
-__ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt, unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags)
+__ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt,
+	       unsigned long vm_flags,
+	       unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags)
 {
-	if (GRAPHICS_VER(gt->i915) < 8)
+	if (GRAPHICS_VER(gt->i915) < 8) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(vm_flags);
 		return gen6_ppgtt_create(gt);
-	else
-		return gen8_ppgtt_create(gt, lmem_pt_obj_flags);
+	} else {
+		return gen8_ppgtt_create(gt, vm_flags, lmem_pt_obj_flags);
+	}
 }
 
 struct i915_ppgtt *i915_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt,
+				     unsigned long vm_flags,
 				     unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags)
 {
 	struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt;
 
-	ppgtt = __ppgtt_create(gt, lmem_pt_obj_flags);
+	ppgtt = __ppgtt_create(gt, vm_flags, lmem_pt_obj_flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt))
 		return ppgtt;
 
@@ -301,6 +306,7 @@ int ppgtt_set_pages(struct i915_vma *vma)
 }
 
 void ppgtt_init(struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, struct intel_gt *gt,
+		unsigned long vm_flags,
 		unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = gt->i915;
@@ -309,6 +315,7 @@ void ppgtt_init(struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, struct intel_gt *gt,
 	ppgtt->vm.i915 = i915;
 	ppgtt->vm.dma = i915->drm.dev;
 	ppgtt->vm.total = BIT_ULL(INTEL_INFO(i915)->ppgtt_size);
+	ppgtt->vm.vm_flags = vm_flags;
 	ppgtt->vm.lmem_pt_obj_flags = lmem_pt_obj_flags;
 
 	dma_resv_init(&ppgtt->vm._resv);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
index e5ad4d5a91c0..8c299189e9cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ static int igt_reset_evict_ppgtt(void *arg)
 	if (INTEL_PPGTT(gt->i915) < INTEL_PPGTT_FULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(gt, 0);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(gt, 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt))
 		return PTR_ERR(ppgtt);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index 6c804102528b..d726eee3aba5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ int intel_vgpu_setup_submission(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 	enum intel_engine_id i;
 	int ret;
 
-	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&i915->gt, I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&i915->gt, 0, I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt))
 		return PTR_ERR(ppgtt);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_gtt.c
index fdb4bf88293b..3bcd2bb85d10 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static int igt_ppgtt_alloc(void *arg)
 	if (!HAS_PPGTT(dev_priv))
 		return 0;
 
-	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&dev_priv->gt, 0);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&dev_priv->gt, 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt))
 		return PTR_ERR(ppgtt);
 
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ static int exercise_ppgtt(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
-	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&dev_priv->gt, 0);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&dev_priv->gt, 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ppgtt);
 		goto out_free;
