diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.c
index 152f16c11878..348b29a845c9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ i915_clflush_notify(struct i915_sw_fence *fence,
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
-void i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
+bool i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			     unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct clflush *clflush;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	 */
 	if (!i915_gem_object_has_struct_page(obj)) {
 		obj->cache_dirty = false;
-		return;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	/* If the GPU is snooping the contents of the CPU cache,
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	 * tracking.
 	 */
 	if (!(flags & I915_CLFLUSH_FORCE) && obj->cache_coherent)
-		return;
+		return false;
 
 	trace_i915_gem_object_clflush(obj);
 
@@ -179,4 +179,5 @@ void i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	}
 
 	obj->cache_dirty = false;
+	return true;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.h
index 2455a7820937..f390247561b3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_clflush.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 struct drm_i915_private;
 struct drm_i915_gem_object;
 
-void i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
+bool i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			     unsigned int flags);
 #define I915_CLFLUSH_FORCE BIT(0)
 #define I915_CLFLUSH_SYNC BIT(1)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index ae47e1837415..5fa44767c29e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ static int eb_move_to_gpu(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 	int err;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		const struct drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 *entry = &eb->exec[i];
+		struct drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 *entry = &eb->exec[i];
 		struct i915_vma *vma = exec_to_vma(entry);
 		struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = vma->obj;
 
@@ -1842,12 +1842,14 @@ static int eb_move_to_gpu(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
 			eb->request->capture_list = capture;
 		}
 
+		if (unlikely(obj->cache_dirty && !obj->cache_coherent)) {
+			if (i915_gem_clflush_object(obj, 0))
+				entry->flags &= ~EXEC_OBJECT_ASYNC;
+		}
+
 		if (entry->flags & EXEC_OBJECT_ASYNC)
 			goto skip_flushes;
 
-		if (unlikely(obj->cache_dirty && !obj->cache_coherent))
-			i915_gem_clflush_object(obj, 0);
-
 		err = i915_gem_request_await_object
 			(eb->request, obj, entry->flags & EXEC_OBJECT_WRITE);
 		if (err)