diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
index 414fa8f..fb646c4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
@@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@
 	.ttm_tt_unpopulate = &amdgpu_ttm_tt_unpopulate,
 	.invalidate_caches = &amdgpu_invalidate_caches,
 	.init_mem_type = &amdgpu_init_mem_type,
+	.eviction_valuable = ttm_bo_eviction_valuable,
 	.evict_flags = &amdgpu_evict_flags,
 	.move = &amdgpu_bo_move,
 	.verify_access = &amdgpu_verify_access,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c
index 608df4c..7134fdf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
 	.ttm_tt_populate = ast_ttm_tt_populate,
 	.ttm_tt_unpopulate = ast_ttm_tt_unpopulate,
 	.init_mem_type = ast_bo_init_mem_type,
+	.eviction_valuable = ttm_bo_eviction_valuable,
 	.evict_flags = ast_bo_evict_flags,
 	.move = NULL,
 	.verify_access = ast_bo_verify_access,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_mm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_mm.c
index 269cfca9..099a3c6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_mm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_mm.c
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
 	.ttm_tt_populate = ttm_pool_populate,
 	.ttm_tt_unpopulate = ttm_pool_unpopulate,
 	.init_mem_type = bochs_bo_init_mem_type,
+	.eviction_valuable = ttm_bo_eviction_valuable,
 	.evict_flags = bochs_bo_evict_flags,
 	.move = NULL,
 	.verify_access = bochs_bo_verify_access,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c
index bb2438d..de52b20 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
 	.ttm_tt_populate = cirrus_ttm_tt_populate,
 	.ttm_tt_unpopulate = cirrus_ttm_tt_unpopulate,
 	.init_mem_type = cirrus_bo_init_mem_type,
+	.eviction_valuable = ttm_bo_eviction_valuable,
 	.evict_flags = cirrus_bo_evict_flags,
 	.move = NULL,
 	.verify_access = cirrus_bo_verify_access,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_ttm.c
index 919b35f..83272b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_ttm.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
 	.ttm_tt_populate = mgag200_ttm_tt_populate,
 	.ttm_tt_unpopulate = mgag200_ttm_tt_unpopulate,
 	.init_mem_type = mgag200_bo_init_mem_type,
+	.eviction_valuable = ttm_bo_eviction_valuable,
 	.evict_flags = mgag200_bo_evict_flags,
 	.move = NULL,
 	.verify_access = mgag200_bo_verify_access,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
index 343b865..e395cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
@@ -1561,6 +1561,7 @@
 	.ttm_tt_unpopulate = &nouveau_ttm_tt_unpopulate,
 	.invalidate_caches = nouveau_bo_invalidate_caches,
 	.init_mem_type = nouveau_bo_init_mem_type,
+	.eviction_valuable = ttm_bo_eviction_valuable,
 	.evict_flags = nouveau_bo_evict_flags,
 	.move_notify = nouveau_bo_move_ntfy,
 	.move = nouveau_bo_move,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ttm.c
index e26c82d..1176133 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ttm.c
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@
 	.ttm_tt_unpopulate = &qxl_ttm_tt_unpopulate,
 	.invalidate_caches = &qxl_invalidate_caches,
 	.init_mem_type = &qxl_init_mem_type,
+	.eviction_valuable = ttm_bo_eviction_valuable,
 	.evict_flags = &qxl_evict_flags,
 	.move = &qxl_bo_move,
 	.verify_access = &qxl_verify_access,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
index 3de5e6e..0cf03cc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@
 	.ttm_tt_unpopulate = &radeon_ttm_tt_unpopulate,
 	.invalidate_caches = &radeon_invalidate_caches,
 	.init_mem_type = &radeon_init_mem_type,
+	.eviction_valuable = ttm_bo_eviction_valuable,
 	.evict_flags = &radeon_evict_flags,
 	.move = &radeon_bo_move,
 	.verify_access = &radeon_verify_access,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
index fc6217d..31fcf11 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
@@ -717,6 +717,20 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+bool ttm_bo_eviction_valuable(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
+			      const struct ttm_place *place)
+{
+	/* Don't evict this BO if it's outside of the
+	 * requested placement range
+	 */
+	if (place->fpfn >= (bo->mem.start + bo->mem.size) ||
+	    (place->lpfn && place->lpfn <= bo->mem.start))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ttm_bo_eviction_valuable);
+
 static int ttm_mem_evict_first(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev,
 				uint32_t mem_type,
 				const struct ttm_place *place,
@@ -731,21 +745,16 @@
 	spin_lock(&glob->lru_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(bo, &man->lru, lru) {
 		ret = __ttm_bo_reserve(bo, false, true, NULL);
-		if (!ret) {
-			if (place && (place->fpfn || place->lpfn)) {
-				/* Don't evict this BO if it's outside of the
-				 * requested placement range
-				 */
-				if (place->fpfn >= (bo->mem.start + bo->mem.size) ||
-				    (place->lpfn && place->lpfn <= bo->mem.start)) {
-					__ttm_bo_unreserve(bo);
-					ret = -EBUSY;
-					continue;
-				}
-			}
+		if (ret)
+			continue;
 
-			break;
+		if (place && !bdev->driver->eviction_valuable(bo, place)) {
+			__ttm_bo_unreserve(bo);
+			ret = -EBUSY;
+			continue;
 		}
+
+		break;
 	}
 
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ttm.c
index 80482ac..4a1de9f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ttm.c
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@
 	.ttm_tt_unpopulate = &virtio_gpu_ttm_tt_unpopulate,
 	.invalidate_caches = &virtio_gpu_invalidate_caches,
 	.init_mem_type = &virtio_gpu_init_mem_type,
+	.eviction_valuable = ttm_bo_eviction_valuable,
 	.evict_flags = &virtio_gpu_evict_flags,
 	.move = &virtio_gpu_bo_move,
 	.verify_access = &virtio_gpu_verify_access,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_buffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_buffer.c
index 78b75ee..c894a48 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_buffer.c
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@
 	.ttm_tt_unpopulate = &vmw_ttm_unpopulate,
 	.invalidate_caches = vmw_invalidate_caches,
 	.init_mem_type = vmw_init_mem_type,
+	.eviction_valuable = ttm_bo_eviction_valuable,
 	.evict_flags = vmw_evict_flags,
 	.move = NULL,
 	.verify_access = vmw_verify_access,
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
index 9eb940d..bb6a335 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 
 struct ttm_placement;
 
+struct ttm_place;
+
 /**
  * struct ttm_bus_placement
  *
@@ -396,6 +398,17 @@
 					    int resched);
 
 /**
+ * ttm_bo_eviction_valuable
+ *
+ * @bo: The buffer object to evict
+ * @place: the placement we need to make room for
+ *
+ * Check if it is valuable to evict the BO to make room for the given placement.
+ */
+bool ttm_bo_eviction_valuable(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
+			      const struct ttm_place *place);
+
+/**
  * ttm_bo_synccpu_write_grab
  *
  * @bo: The buffer object:
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
index 7a76663..d3d83df 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
@@ -374,6 +374,18 @@
 	int (*invalidate_caches)(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev, uint32_t flags);
 	int (*init_mem_type)(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev, uint32_t type,
 			     struct ttm_mem_type_manager *man);
+
+	/**
+	 * struct ttm_bo_driver member eviction_valuable
+	 *
+	 * @bo: the buffer object to be evicted
+	 * @place: placement we need room for
+	 *
+	 * Check with the driver if it is valuable to evict a BO to make room
+	 * for a certain placement.
+	 */
+	bool (*eviction_valuable)(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
+				  const struct ttm_place *place);
 	/**
 	 * struct ttm_bo_driver member evict_flags:
 	 *