diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 206b9bb..21fc11d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -967,11 +967,14 @@
 			obj->pending_gpu_write = true;
 			list_move_tail(&obj->gpu_write_list,
 				       &ring->gpu_write_list);
-			intel_mark_busy(ring->dev, obj);
+			if (obj->pin_count) /* check for potential scanout */
+				intel_mark_busy(ring->dev, obj);
 		}
 
 		trace_i915_gem_object_change_domain(obj, old_read, old_write);
 	}
+
+	intel_mark_busy(ring->dev, NULL);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index b322bde..1cbe268 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -5558,6 +5558,9 @@
 		mod_timer(&dev_priv->idle_timer, jiffies +
 			  msecs_to_jiffies(GPU_IDLE_TIMEOUT));
 
+	if (obj == NULL)
+		return;
+
 	list_for_each_entry(crtc, &dev->mode_config.crtc_list, head) {
 		if (!crtc->fb)
 			continue;
@@ -6007,6 +6010,7 @@
 		goto cleanup_pending;
 
 	intel_disable_fbc(dev);
+	intel_mark_busy(dev, obj);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	trace_i915_flip_request(intel_crtc->plane, obj);