diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c
index 16ccec7fb7da..32d208ede343 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_userptr.c
@@ -665,7 +665,15 @@ i915_gem_userptr_put_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 	for_each_sgt_page(page, sgt_iter, pages) {
 		if (obj->mm.dirty)
-			set_page_dirty(page);
+			/*
+			 * As this may not be anonymous memory (e.g. shmem)
+			 * but exist on a real mapping, we have to lock
+			 * the page in order to dirty it -- holding
+			 * the page reference is not sufficient to
+			 * prevent the inode from being truncated.
+			 * Play safe and take the lock.
+			 */
+			set_page_dirty_lock(page);
 
 		mark_page_accessed(page);
 		put_page(page);