diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index 1cdfe05514c3f..1f735ca9b1736 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -1003,12 +1003,18 @@ static int emit_ppgtt_update(struct i915_request *rq, void *data)
 		intel_ring_advance(rq, cs);
 	} else if (HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(engine->i915)) {
 		struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
+		int err;
+
+		/* Magic required to prevent forcewake errors! */
+		err = engine->emit_flush(rq, EMIT_INVALIDATE);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 
 		cs = intel_ring_begin(rq, 4 * GEN8_3LVL_PDPES + 2);
 		if (IS_ERR(cs))
 			return PTR_ERR(cs);
 
-		*cs++ = MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM(2 * GEN8_3LVL_PDPES);
+		*cs++ = MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM(2 * GEN8_3LVL_PDPES) | MI_LRI_FORCE_POSTED;
 		for (i = GEN8_3LVL_PDPES; i--; ) {
 			const dma_addr_t pd_daddr = i915_page_dir_dma_addr(ppgtt, i);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index 135f5494463a4..0db82921fb38b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ static int ppgtt_bind_vma(struct i915_vma *vma,
 		pte_flags |= PTE_READ_ONLY;
 
 	vma->vm->insert_entries(vma->vm, vma, cache_level, pte_flags);
+	wmb();
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1428,6 +1429,7 @@ static int gen8_preallocate_top_level_pdp(struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt)
 		set_pd_entry(pd, idx, pde);
 		atomic_inc(px_used(pde)); /* keep pinned */
 	}
+	wmb();
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1515,11 +1517,9 @@ static struct i915_ppgtt *gen8_ppgtt_create(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	}
 
 	if (!i915_vm_is_4lvl(&ppgtt->vm)) {
-		if (intel_vgpu_active(i915)) {
-			err = gen8_preallocate_top_level_pdp(ppgtt);
-			if (err)
-				goto err_free_pd;
-		}
+		err = gen8_preallocate_top_level_pdp(ppgtt);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_free_pd;
 	}
 
 	ppgtt->vm.insert_entries = gen8_ppgtt_insert;