diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_dmabuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_dmabuf.c
index 80bbe43..7d08ac0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_dmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_dmabuf.c
@@ -300,6 +300,16 @@
 	i915_gem_object_init(obj, &i915_gem_object_dmabuf_ops);
 	obj->base.import_attach = attach;
 
+	/* We use GTT as shorthand for a coherent domain, one that is
+	 * neither in the GPU cache nor in the CPU cache, where all
+	 * writes are immediately visible in memory. (That's not strictly
+	 * true, but it's close! There are internal buffers such as the
+	 * write-combined buffer or a delay through the chipset for GTT
+	 * writes that do require us to treat GTT as a separate cache domain.)
+	 */
+	obj->base.read_domains = I915_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT;
+	obj->base.write_domain = 0;
+
 	return &obj->base;
 
 fail_detach: