diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
index 93a41d018dca..19a196b48a38 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_cmd_transfer_to_host_2d(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);
 	struct virtio_gpu_object_shmem *shmem = to_virtio_gpu_shmem(bo);
 
-	if (use_dma_api)
+	if (virtio_gpu_is_shmem(bo) && use_dma_api)
 		dma_sync_sgtable_for_device(vgdev->vdev->dev.parent,
 					    shmem->pages, DMA_TO_DEVICE);