diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_mmu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_mmu.c
index 169ac96e8f08..fe0e85b41310 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_mmu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_mmu.c
@@ -116,9 +116,14 @@ static int etnaviv_iommu_find_iova(struct etnaviv_iommu *mmu,
 		struct list_head list;
 		bool found;
 
+		/*
+		 * XXX: The DRM_MM_SEARCH_BELOW is really a hack to trick
+		 * drm_mm into giving out a low IOVA after address space
+		 * rollover. This needs a proper fix.
+		 */
 		ret = drm_mm_insert_node_in_range(&mmu->mm, node,
 			size, 0, mmu->last_iova, ~0UL,
-			DRM_MM_SEARCH_DEFAULT);
+			mmu->last_iova ? DRM_MM_SEARCH_DEFAULT : DRM_MM_SEARCH_BELOW);
 
 		if (ret != -ENOSPC)
 			break;