diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
index 4a73bf045e62..3ff95e54a353 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
@@ -1386,23 +1386,15 @@ static void flush_idle_contexts(struct intel_gt *gt)
 	intel_gt_wait_for_idle(gt, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
-int i915_ggtt_pin(struct i915_vma *vma, struct i915_gem_ww_ctx *ww,
-		  u32 align, unsigned int flags)
+static int __i915_ggtt_pin(struct i915_vma *vma, struct i915_gem_ww_ctx *ww,
+			   u32 align, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct i915_address_space *vm = vma->vm;
 	int err;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_vma_is_ggtt(vma));
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
-	WARN_ON(!ww && dma_resv_held(vma->obj->base.resv));
-#endif
-
 	do {
-		if (ww)
-			err = i915_vma_pin_ww(vma, ww, 0, align, flags | PIN_GLOBAL);
-		else
-			err = i915_vma_pin(vma, 0, align, flags | PIN_GLOBAL);
+		err = i915_vma_pin_ww(vma, ww, 0, align, flags | PIN_GLOBAL);
+
 		if (err != -ENOSPC) {
 			if (!err) {
 				err = i915_vma_wait_for_bind(vma);
@@ -1421,6 +1413,30 @@ int i915_ggtt_pin(struct i915_vma *vma, struct i915_gem_ww_ctx *ww,
 	} while (1);
 }
 
+int i915_ggtt_pin(struct i915_vma *vma, struct i915_gem_ww_ctx *ww,
+		  u32 align, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct i915_gem_ww_ctx _ww;
+	int err;
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_vma_is_ggtt(vma));
+
+	if (ww)
+		return __i915_ggtt_pin(vma, ww, align, flags);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+	WARN_ON(dma_resv_held(vma->obj->base.resv));
+#endif
+
+	for_i915_gem_ww(&_ww, err, true) {
+		err = i915_gem_object_lock(vma->obj, &_ww);
+		if (!err)
+			err = __i915_ggtt_pin(vma, &_ww, align, flags);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static void __vma_close(struct i915_vma *vma, struct intel_gt *gt)
 {
 	/*