diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
index 49f4bc97c35a..3573f9e393be 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
@@ -69,7 +69,17 @@ static void ttm_bo_mem_space_debug(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 	}
 }
 
-static void ttm_bo_del_from_lru(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
+static inline void ttm_bo_move_to_pinned(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
+{
+	struct ttm_device *bdev = bo->bdev;
+
+	list_move_tail(&bo->lru, &bdev->pinned);
+
+	if (bdev->funcs->del_from_lru_notify)
+		bdev->funcs->del_from_lru_notify(bo);
+}
+
+static inline void ttm_bo_del_from_lru(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
 {
 	struct ttm_device *bdev = bo->bdev;
 
@@ -98,7 +108,7 @@ void ttm_bo_move_to_lru_tail(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 		dma_resv_assert_held(bo->base.resv);
 
 	if (bo->pin_count) {
-		ttm_bo_del_from_lru(bo);
+		ttm_bo_move_to_pinned(bo);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -342,7 +352,7 @@ static int ttm_bo_cleanup_refs(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	ttm_bo_del_from_lru(bo);
+	ttm_bo_move_to_pinned(bo);
 	list_del_init(&bo->ddestroy);
 	spin_unlock(&bo->bdev->lru_lock);
 	ttm_bo_cleanup_memtype_use(bo);
@@ -1165,7 +1175,7 @@ int ttm_bo_swapout(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, struct ttm_operation_ctx *ctx,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	ttm_bo_del_from_lru(bo);
+	ttm_bo_move_to_pinned(bo);
 	/* TODO: Cleanup the locking */
 	spin_unlock(&bo->bdev->lru_lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_device.c
index 519deea8e39b..9eb8f54b66fc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_device.c
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ int ttm_device_init(struct ttm_device *bdev, struct ttm_device_funcs *funcs,
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bdev->wq, ttm_device_delayed_workqueue);
 	spin_lock_init(&bdev->lru_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdev->ddestroy);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdev->pinned);
 	bdev->dev_mapping = mapping;
 	mutex_lock(&ttm_global_mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&bdev->device_list, &glob->device_list);
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_device.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_device.h
index cd592f8e941b..03fb44d061e0 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_device.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_device.h
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ struct ttm_device {
 	 */
 	spinlock_t lru_lock;
 	struct list_head ddestroy;
+	struct list_head pinned;
 
 	/*
 	 * Protected by load / firstopen / lastclose /unload sync.