diff --git a/src/sna/kgem.c b/src/sna/kgem.c
index 2e21bc11e3b9b226ac8ced8de2ae45e5aa6b15c7..7b645da8da5f126c8e556cfd0fff3bd23a77dcb6 100644
--- a/src/sna/kgem.c
+++ b/src/sna/kgem.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static bool gem_set_caching(int fd, uint32_t handle, int caching)
 	return do_ioctl(fd, LOCAL_IOCTL_I915_GEM_SET_CACHING, &arg) == 0;
 }
 
-static uint32_t gem_userptr(int fd, void *ptr, int size, int read_only)
+static uint32_t gem_userptr(int fd, void *ptr, size_t size, int read_only)
 {
 	struct local_i915_gem_userptr arg;
 
@@ -7031,6 +7031,30 @@ uint32_t kgem_bo_flink(struct kgem *kgem, struct kgem_bo *bo)
 	return flink.name;
 }
 
+static bool probe(struct kgem *kgem, uint32_t handle)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_gem_set_domain arg = {
+		.handle = handle,
+		.read_domains = I915_GEM_DOMAIN_CPU,
+	};
+
+	return do_ioctl(kgem->fd, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_SET_DOMAIN, &arg) == 0;
+}
+
+static uint32_t probe_userptr(struct kgem *kgem,
+			      void *ptr, size_t size, int read_only)
+{
+	uint32_t handle;
+
+	handle = gem_userptr(kgem->fd, ptr, size, read_only);
+	if (handle && !probe(kgem, handle)) {
+		gem_close(kgem->fd, handle);
+		handle = 0;
+	}
+
+	return handle;
+}
+
 struct kgem_bo *kgem_create_map(struct kgem *kgem,
 				void *ptr, uint32_t size,
 				bool read_only)
@@ -7053,30 +7077,16 @@ struct kgem_bo *kgem_create_map(struct kgem *kgem,
 	last_page &= ~(uintptr_t)(PAGE_SIZE-1);
 	assert(last_page > first_page);
 
-	handle = gem_userptr(kgem->fd,
-			     (void *)first_page, last_page-first_page,
-			     read_only);
+	handle = probe_userptr(kgem,
+			       (void *)first_page, last_page-first_page,
+			       read_only);
+	if (handle == 0 && read_only && kgem->has_wc_mmap)
+		handle = probe_userptr(kgem,
+				       (void *)first_page, last_page-first_page,
+				       false);
 	if (handle == 0) {
-		if (read_only && kgem->has_wc_mmap) {
-			struct drm_i915_gem_set_domain set_domain;
-
-			handle = gem_userptr(kgem->fd,
-					     (void *)first_page, last_page-first_page,
-					     false);
-
-			VG_CLEAR(set_domain);
-			set_domain.handle = handle;
-			set_domain.read_domains = I915_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT;
-			set_domain.write_domain = 0;
-			if (do_ioctl(kgem->fd, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_SET_DOMAIN, &set_domain)) {
-				gem_close(kgem->fd, handle);
-				handle = 0;
-			}
-		}
-		if (handle == 0) {
-			DBG(("%s: import failed, errno=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, errno));
-			return NULL;
-		}
+		DBG(("%s: import failed, errno=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, errno));
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	bo = __kgem_bo_alloc(handle, (last_page - first_page) / PAGE_SIZE);