diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/dmabuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/dmabuf.c
index e451298d11c3..ee0f3094e6d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/dmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/dmabuf.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ static struct drm_i915_gem_object *vgpu_create_gem(struct drm_device *dev,
 	drm_gem_private_object_init(dev, &obj->base,
 		roundup(info->size, PAGE_SIZE));
 	i915_gem_object_init(obj, &intel_vgpu_gem_ops, &lock_class);
+	i915_gem_object_set_readonly(obj);
 
 	obj->read_domains = I915_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT;
 	obj->write_domain = 0;