diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index c2ab0e22db0a..8208fd5b72c3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ 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);
+		ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&i915->gt, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(ppgtt)) {
 			drm_dbg(&i915->drm, "PPGTT setup failed (%ld)\n",
 				PTR_ERR(ppgtt));
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ int i915_gem_vm_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (args->flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&i915->gt);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&i915->gt, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt))
 		return PTR_ERR(ppgtt);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object_types.h
index 118691ce81d7..fa2ba9e2a4d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object_types.h
@@ -294,13 +294,16 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object {
 #define I915_BO_ALLOC_USER        BIT(3)
 /* Object is allowed to lose its contents on suspend / resume, even if pinned */
 #define I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_VOLATILE BIT(4)
+/* Object needs to be restored early using memcpy during resume */
+#define I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY    BIT(5)
 #define I915_BO_ALLOC_FLAGS (I915_BO_ALLOC_CONTIGUOUS | \
 			     I915_BO_ALLOC_VOLATILE | \
 			     I915_BO_ALLOC_CPU_CLEAR | \
 			     I915_BO_ALLOC_USER | \
-			     I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_VOLATILE)
-#define I915_BO_READONLY          BIT(5)
-#define I915_TILING_QUIRK_BIT     6 /* unknown swizzling; do not release! */
+			     I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_VOLATILE | \
+			     I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY)
+#define I915_BO_READONLY          BIT(6)
+#define I915_TILING_QUIRK_BIT     7 /* unknown swizzling; do not release! */
 
 	/**
 	 * @mem_flags - Mutable placement-related flags
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pm.c
index 8736ae1dfbb2..c4a75e1c12ee 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pm.c
@@ -98,8 +98,11 @@ int i915_gem_backup_suspend(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	 * More objects may have become unpinned as requests were
 	 * retired. Now try to evict again. The gt may be wedged here
 	 * in which case we automatically fall back to memcpy.
+	 * We allow also backing up pinned objects that have not been
+	 * marked for early recover, and that may contain, for example,
+	 * page-tables for the migrate context.
 	 */
-	ret = lmem_suspend(i915, true, false);
+	ret = lmem_suspend(i915, true, true);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_recover;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm_pm.c
index a87419755d43..2684daaa2f22 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm_pm.c
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ static int i915_ttm_backup(struct i915_gem_apply_to_region *apply,
 	if (pm_apply->allow_gpu && i915_gem_object_evictable(obj))
 		return ttm_bo_validate(bo, i915_ttm_sys_placement(), &ctx);
 
-	if (!pm_apply->backup_pinned)
+	if (!pm_apply->backup_pinned ||
+	    (pm_apply->allow_gpu && (obj->flags & I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY)))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (obj->flags & I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_VOLATILE)
@@ -156,7 +157,8 @@ static int i915_ttm_restore(struct i915_gem_apply_to_region *apply,
 	if (!backup)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!pm_apply->allow_gpu && (obj->flags & I915_BO_ALLOC_USER))
+	if (!pm_apply->allow_gpu && ((obj->flags & I915_BO_ALLOC_USER) ||
+				     !(obj->flags & I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY)))
 		return 0;
 
 	err = i915_gem_object_lock(backup, apply->ww);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c
index 0827634c842c..77d84a9e8789 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ 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);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&dev_priv->gt, 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 1aee5e6b1b23..890191f286e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen6_ppgtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen6_ppgtt.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ struct i915_ppgtt *gen6_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt)
 	mutex_init(&ppgtt->flush);
 	mutex_init(&ppgtt->pin_mutex);
 
-	ppgtt_init(&ppgtt->base, gt);
+	ppgtt_init(&ppgtt->base, gt, 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 6a5af995f5b1..037a9a6e4889 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.c
@@ -753,7 +753,8 @@ gen8_alloc_top_pd(struct i915_address_space *vm)
  * space.
  *
  */
-struct i915_ppgtt *gen8_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt)
+struct i915_ppgtt *gen8_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt,
+				     unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags)
 {
 	struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt;
 	int err;
@@ -762,7 +763,7 @@ struct i915_ppgtt *gen8_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt)
 	if (!ppgtt)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	ppgtt_init(ppgtt, gt);
+	ppgtt_init(ppgtt, gt, 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 b9028c2ad3c7..f541d19264b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.h
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ struct i915_address_space;
 struct intel_gt;
 enum i915_cache_level;
 
-struct i915_ppgtt *gen8_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt);
+struct i915_ppgtt *gen8_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt,
+				     unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags);
+
 u64 gen8_ggtt_pte_encode(dma_addr_t addr,
 			 enum i915_cache_level level,
 			 u32 flags);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c
index 8d71f67926f1..b99b26201b67 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ static int init_aliasing_ppgtt(struct i915_ggtt *ggtt)
 	struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt;
 	int err;
 
-	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(ggtt->vm.gt);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(ggtt->vm.gt, I915_BO_ALLOC_PM_EARLY);
 	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 2aeaae036a6f..c4e33b3a55b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ 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)->vm;
+		return &i915_ppgtt_create(gt, 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 a0c2b952aa57..67d14afa6623 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object *alloc_pt_lmem(struct i915_address_space *vm, int sz)
 	 * used the passed in size for the page size, which should ensure it
 	 * also has the same alignment.
 	 */
-	obj = __i915_gem_object_create_lmem_with_ps(vm->i915, sz, sz, 0);
+	obj = __i915_gem_object_create_lmem_with_ps(vm->i915, sz, sz,
+						    vm->lmem_pt_obj_flags);
 	/*
 	 * Ensure all paging structures for this vm share the same dma-resv
 	 * object underneath, with the idea that one object_lock() will lock
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h
index 5b539bd7645d..bc6750263359 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ struct i915_address_space {
 	u8 pd_shift;
 	u8 scratch_order;
 
+	/* Flags used when creating page-table objects for this vm */
+	unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags;
+
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *
 		(*alloc_pt_dma)(struct i915_address_space *vm, int sz);
 
@@ -519,7 +522,8 @@ i915_page_dir_dma_addr(const struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, const unsigned int n)
 	return __px_dma(pt ? px_base(pt) : ppgtt->vm.scratch[ppgtt->vm.top]);
 }
 
-void ppgtt_init(struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, struct intel_gt *gt);
+void ppgtt_init(struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, struct intel_gt *gt,
+		unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags);
 
 int i915_ggtt_probe_hw(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 int i915_ggtt_init_hw(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
@@ -537,7 +541,8 @@ 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);
+struct i915_ppgtt *i915_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt,
+				     unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags);
 
 void i915_ggtt_suspend(struct i915_ggtt *gtt);
 void i915_ggtt_resume(struct i915_ggtt *ggtt);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c
index 1dac21aa7e5c..afb1cce9a352 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static struct i915_address_space *migrate_vm(struct intel_gt *gt)
 	 * TODO: Add support for huge LMEM PTEs
 	 */
 
-	vm = i915_ppgtt_create(gt);
+	vm = i915_ppgtt_create(gt, 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 886060f7e6fc..4396bfd630d8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ppgtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ppgtt.c
@@ -155,19 +155,20 @@ int i915_ppgtt_init_hw(struct intel_gt *gt)
 }
 
 static struct i915_ppgtt *
-__ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt)
+__ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt, unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags)
 {
 	if (GRAPHICS_VER(gt->i915) < 8)
 		return gen6_ppgtt_create(gt);
 	else
-		return gen8_ppgtt_create(gt);
+		return gen8_ppgtt_create(gt, lmem_pt_obj_flags);
 }
 
-struct i915_ppgtt *i915_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt)
+struct i915_ppgtt *i915_ppgtt_create(struct intel_gt *gt,
+				     unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags)
 {
 	struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt;
 
-	ppgtt = __ppgtt_create(gt);
+	ppgtt = __ppgtt_create(gt, lmem_pt_obj_flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt))
 		return ppgtt;
 
@@ -298,7 +299,8 @@ int ppgtt_set_pages(struct i915_vma *vma)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void ppgtt_init(struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, struct intel_gt *gt)
+void ppgtt_init(struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, struct intel_gt *gt,
+		unsigned long lmem_pt_obj_flags)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = gt->i915;
 
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ 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.lmem_pt_obj_flags = lmem_pt_obj_flags;
 
 	dma_resv_init(&ppgtt->vm._resv);
 	i915_address_space_init(&ppgtt->vm, VM_CLASS_PPGTT);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
index 7e6fdabac599..7e2d99dd012d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ static int igt_reset_evict_ppgtt(void *arg)
 	if (INTEL_PPGTT(gt->i915) < INTEL_PPGTT_FULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(gt);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(gt, 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 b56a8e37a3cd..0d18e13e3468 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);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&i915->gt, 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 2d60a5a5b065..46f4236039a9 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);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&dev_priv->gt, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt))
 		return PTR_ERR(ppgtt);
 
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ 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);
+	ppgtt = i915_ppgtt_create(&dev_priv->gt, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ppgtt)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ppgtt);
 		goto out_free;
