diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.c
index 21c8b7350b7a3cc27ce14dd6947a56cdcc5d684c..da4f5eb43ac213c5442aa901f7b5c52c07af545c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_ppgtt.c
@@ -303,10 +303,7 @@ static void __gen8_ppgtt_alloc(struct i915_address_space * const vm,
 			__i915_gem_object_pin_pages(pt->base);
 			i915_gem_object_make_unshrinkable(pt->base);
 
-			if (lvl ||
-			    gen8_pt_count(*start, end) < I915_PDES ||
-			    intel_vgpu_active(vm->i915))
-				fill_px(pt, vm->scratch[lvl]->encode);
+			fill_px(pt, vm->scratch[lvl]->encode);
 
 			spin_lock(&pd->lock);
 			if (likely(!pd->entry[idx])) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt_fencing.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt_fencing.c
index cac7f3f44642875be7c03880410c0d5ff9cf496b..f8948de7203601c0bcbc9634e1e8cff75094c82c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt_fencing.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt_fencing.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static struct i915_fence_reg *fence_find(struct i915_ggtt *ggtt)
 	if (intel_has_pending_fb_unpin(ggtt->vm.i915))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 
-	return ERR_PTR(-EDEADLK);
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOBUFS);
 }
 
 int __i915_vma_pin_fence(struct i915_vma *vma)