diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
index 6be1b31af07b83763dac4e7f32ee033c21515acb..5ef2b38bec8378888e4dae4622dd375309518784 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
@@ -1331,6 +1331,9 @@ retry:
 	ret = i915_gem_object_lock(obj, &ww);
 	if (!ret && phys_cursor)
 		ret = i915_gem_object_attach_phys(obj, alignment);
+	else if (!ret && HAS_LMEM(dev_priv))
+		ret = i915_gem_object_migrate(obj, &ww, INTEL_REGION_LMEM);
+	/* TODO: Do we need to sync when migration becomes async? */
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = i915_gem_object_pin_pages(obj);
 	if (ret)
@@ -11771,7 +11774,7 @@ intel_user_framebuffer_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	/* object is backed with LMEM for discrete */
 	i915 = to_i915(obj->base.dev);
-	if (HAS_LMEM(i915) && !i915_gem_object_validates_to_lmem(obj)) {
+	if (HAS_LMEM(i915) && !i915_gem_object_can_migrate(obj, INTEL_REGION_LMEM)) {
 		/* object is "remote", not in local memory */
 		i915_gem_object_put(obj);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EREMOTE);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_domain.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_domain.c
index 073822100da7789309afb01a0296434fa1020c20..7d1400b13429cbd1aabe38d92527479b57aac12e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_domain.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_domain.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ i915_gem_object_pin_to_display_plane(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* Frame buffer must be in LMEM (no migration yet) */
+	/* Frame buffer must be in LMEM */
 	if (HAS_LMEM(i915) && !i915_gem_object_is_lmem(obj))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_lmem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_lmem.c
index 41d5182cd36769a698305271d0baf0cad31ce753..be1d122574af3bd0f7b07653e065c60788607dac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_lmem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_lmem.c
@@ -23,27 +23,6 @@ i915_gem_object_lmem_io_map(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	return io_mapping_map_wc(&obj->mm.region->iomap, offset, size);
 }
 
-/**
- * i915_gem_object_validates_to_lmem - Whether the object is resident in
- * lmem when pages are present.
- * @obj: The object to check.
- *
- * Migratable objects residency may change from under us if the object is
- * not pinned or locked. This function is intended to be used to check whether
- * the object can only reside in lmem when pages are present.
- *
- * Return: Whether the object is always resident in lmem when pages are
- * present.
- */
-bool i915_gem_object_validates_to_lmem(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
-{
-	struct intel_memory_region *mr = READ_ONCE(obj->mm.region);
-
-	return !i915_gem_object_migratable(obj) &&
-		mr && (mr->type == INTEL_MEMORY_LOCAL ||
-		       mr->type == INTEL_MEMORY_STOLEN_LOCAL);
-}
-
 /**
  * i915_gem_object_is_lmem - Whether the object is resident in
  * lmem
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
index 8cbd7a5334e210c5798516b3292823f04188c210..d423d8cac4f269892664d56d5cfa97ade0f998f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
@@ -597,8 +597,6 @@ bool i915_gem_object_evictable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
 
 bool i915_gem_object_migratable(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
 
-bool i915_gem_object_validates_to_lmem(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
-
 int i915_gem_object_migrate(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			    struct i915_gem_ww_ctx *ww,
 			    enum intel_region_id id);