diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 625e07c56fe2..89834ce19acd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2533,13 +2533,21 @@ static int i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	gfp_t noreclaim;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* Assert that the object is not currently in any GPU domain. As it
+	/*
+	 * Assert that the object is not currently in any GPU domain. As it
 	 * wasn't in the GTT, there shouldn't be any way it could have been in
 	 * a GPU cache
 	 */
 	GEM_BUG_ON(obj->read_domains & I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(obj->write_domain & I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS);
 
+	/*
+	 * If there's no chance of allocating enough pages for the whole
+	 * object, bail early.
+	 */
+	if (page_count > totalram_pages)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	st = kmalloc(sizeof(*st), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (st == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2550,7 +2558,8 @@ static int i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	/* Get the list of pages out of our struct file.  They'll be pinned
+	/*
+	 * Get the list of pages out of our struct file.  They'll be pinned
 	 * at this point until we release them.
 	 *
 	 * Fail silently without starting the shrinker
@@ -2582,7 +2591,8 @@ static int i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 			i915_gem_shrink(dev_priv, 2 * page_count, NULL, *s++);
 			cond_resched();
 
-			/* We've tried hard to allocate the memory by reaping
+			/*
+			 * We've tried hard to allocate the memory by reaping
 			 * our own buffer, now let the real VM do its job and
 			 * go down in flames if truly OOM.
 			 *
@@ -2594,7 +2604,8 @@ static int i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 				/* reclaim and warn, but no oom */
 				gfp = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);
 
-				/* Our bo are always dirty and so we require
+				/*
+				 * Our bo are always dirty and so we require
 				 * kswapd to reclaim our pages (direct reclaim
 				 * does not effectively begin pageout of our
 				 * buffers on its own). However, direct reclaim
@@ -2638,7 +2649,8 @@ static int i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 
 	ret = i915_gem_gtt_prepare_pages(obj, st);
 	if (ret) {
-		/* DMA remapping failed? One possible cause is that
+		/*
+		 * DMA remapping failed? One possible cause is that
 		 * it could not reserve enough large entries, asking
 		 * for PAGE_SIZE chunks instead may be helpful.
 		 */
@@ -2672,7 +2684,8 @@ static int i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	sg_free_table(st);
 	kfree(st);
 
-	/* shmemfs first checks if there is enough memory to allocate the page
+	/*
+	 * shmemfs first checks if there is enough memory to allocate the page
 	 * and reports ENOSPC should there be insufficient, along with the usual
 	 * ENOMEM for a genuine allocation failure.
 	 *