diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 309c5d9b1c57..c7f4b64b16f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ static int lrc_setup_wa_ctx_obj(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, u32 size)
 	}
 
 	ret = i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(engine->wa_ctx.obj, NULL,
-				       0, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
+				       0, PAGE_SIZE, PIN_HIGH);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("pin LRC WA ctx backing obj failed: %d\n",
 				 ret);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 16b726fe33eb..09f01c641c14 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ static int intel_ring_context_pin(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 
 	if (ce->state) {
 		ret = i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(ce->state, NULL, 0,
-					       ctx->ggtt_alignment, 0);
+					       ctx->ggtt_alignment, PIN_HIGH);
 		if (ret)
 			goto error;
 	}
@@ -2629,7 +2629,8 @@ static void intel_ring_init_semaphores(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 			i915.semaphores = 0;
 		} else {
 			i915_gem_object_set_cache_level(obj, I915_CACHE_LLC);
-			ret = i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(obj, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
+			ret = i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin(obj, NULL,
+						       0, 0, PIN_HIGH);
 			if (ret != 0) {
 				i915_gem_object_put(obj);
 				DRM_ERROR("Failed to pin semaphore bo. Disabling semaphores\n");