1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
index 55c9fdcfa67..c64fd971b86 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
@@ -643,10 +643,13 @@ nouveau_gpuobj_gr_new(struct nouveau_channel *chan, u32 handle, int class)
 found:
         switch (oc->engine) {
         case NVOBJ_ENGINE_SW:
-                ret = nouveau_gpuobj_sw_new(chan, class, &gpuobj);
-                if (ret)
-                        return ret;
-                goto insert;
+                if (dev_priv->card_type < NV_C0) {
+                        ret = nouveau_gpuobj_sw_new(chan, class, &gpuobj);
+                        if (ret)
+                                return ret;
+                        goto insert;
+                }
+                break;
         case NVOBJ_ENGINE_GR:
                 if (dev_priv->card_type >= NV_50 && !chan->ramin_grctx) {
                         struct nouveau_pgraph_engine *pgraph =
@@ -669,6 +672,10 @@ found:
                 break;
         }
 
+        /* we're done if this is fermi */
+        if (dev_priv->card_type >= NV_C0)
+                return 0;
+
         ret = nouveau_gpuobj_new(dev, chan,
                                  nouveau_gpuobj_class_instmem_size(dev, class),
                                  16,