diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
index c7d90f96d16a..0a304706e013 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
@@ -666,11 +666,12 @@ static int vmw_dma_select_mode(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
 		[vmw_dma_map_populate] = "Caching DMA mappings.",
 		[vmw_dma_map_bind] = "Giving up DMA mappings early."};
 
-	/* TTM currently doesn't fully support SEV encryption. */
-	if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (vmw_force_coherent)
+	/*
+	 * When running with SEV we always want dma mappings, because
+	 * otherwise ttm tt pool pages will bounce through swiotlb running
+	 * out of available space.
+	 */
+	if (vmw_force_coherent || cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT))
 		dev_priv->map_mode = vmw_dma_alloc_coherent;
 	else if (vmw_restrict_iommu)
 		dev_priv->map_mode = vmw_dma_map_bind;