diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ioctl.c
index 04b64f9..6db7370 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ioctl.c
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!qobj->pin_count) {
+		qxl_ttm_placement_from_domain(qobj, qobj->type);
 		ret = ttm_bo_validate(&qobj->tbo, &qobj->placement,
 				      true, false);
 		if (unlikely(ret))