diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.h
index 6b434e5ef795..5762ea40d047 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ static inline int qxl_bo_wait(struct qxl_bo *bo, u32 *mem_type,
 extern int qxl_bo_create(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 			 unsigned long size,
 			 bool kernel, bool pinned, u32 domain,
+			 u32 priority,
 			 struct qxl_surface *surf,
 			 struct qxl_bo **bo_ptr);
 extern int qxl_bo_kmap(struct qxl_bo *bo, void **ptr);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
index 54e3c3a97440..741cc983daf1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ int qxl_alloc_bo_reserved(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = qxl_bo_create(qdev, size, false /* not kernel - device */,
-			    false, QXL_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM, NULL, &bo);
+			    false, QXL_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM, 0, NULL, &bo);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_ERROR("failed to allocate VRAM BO\n");
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
index 6063f3a15329..3da41a91bb74 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
@@ -790,8 +790,8 @@ static int qxl_plane_prepare_fb(struct drm_plane *plane,
 				qdev->dumb_shadow_bo = NULL;
 			}
 			qxl_bo_create(qdev, surf.height * surf.stride,
-				      true, true, QXL_GEM_DOMAIN_SURFACE, &surf,
-				      &qdev->dumb_shadow_bo);
+				      true, true, QXL_GEM_DOMAIN_SURFACE, 0,
+				      &surf, &qdev->dumb_shadow_bo);
 		}
 		if (user_bo->shadow != qdev->dumb_shadow_bo) {
 			if (user_bo->shadow) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c
index 48e096285b4c..a08da0bd9098 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int qxl_gem_object_create(struct qxl_device *qdev, int size,
 	/* At least align on page size */
 	if (alignment < PAGE_SIZE)
 		alignment = PAGE_SIZE;
-	r = qxl_bo_create(qdev, size, kernel, false, initial_domain, surf, &qbo);
+	r = qxl_bo_create(qdev, size, kernel, false, initial_domain, 0, surf, &qbo);
 	if (r) {
 		if (r != -ERESTARTSYS)
 			DRM_ERROR(
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.c
index 2bc364412e8b..544a9e4df2a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.c
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ static const struct drm_gem_object_funcs qxl_object_funcs = {
 	.print_info = drm_gem_ttm_print_info,
 };
 
-int qxl_bo_create(struct qxl_device *qdev,
-		  unsigned long size, bool kernel, bool pinned, u32 domain,
+int qxl_bo_create(struct qxl_device *qdev, unsigned long size,
+		  bool kernel, bool pinned, u32 domain, u32 priority,
 		  struct qxl_surface *surf,
 		  struct qxl_bo **bo_ptr)
 {
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ int qxl_bo_create(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 
 	qxl_ttm_placement_from_domain(bo, domain, pinned);
 
+	bo->tbo.priority = priority;
 	r = ttm_bo_init(&qdev->mman.bdev, &bo->tbo, size, type,
 			&bo->placement, 0, !kernel, size,
 			NULL, NULL, &qxl_ttm_bo_destroy);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
index 4fae3e393da1..b2a475a0ca4a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
@@ -199,11 +199,12 @@ qxl_release_free(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 }
 
 static int qxl_release_bo_alloc(struct qxl_device *qdev,
-				struct qxl_bo **bo)
+				struct qxl_bo **bo,
+				u32 priority)
 {
 	/* pin releases bo's they are too messy to evict */
 	return qxl_bo_create(qdev, PAGE_SIZE, false, true,
-			     QXL_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM, NULL, bo);
+			     QXL_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM, priority, NULL, bo);
 }
 
 int qxl_release_list_add(struct qxl_release *release, struct qxl_bo *bo)
@@ -326,13 +327,18 @@ int qxl_alloc_release_reserved(struct qxl_device *qdev, unsigned long size,
 	int ret = 0;
 	union qxl_release_info *info;
 	int cur_idx;
+	u32 priority;
 
-	if (type == QXL_RELEASE_DRAWABLE)
+	if (type == QXL_RELEASE_DRAWABLE) {
 		cur_idx = 0;
-	else if (type == QXL_RELEASE_SURFACE_CMD)
+		priority = 0;
+	} else if (type == QXL_RELEASE_SURFACE_CMD) {
 		cur_idx = 1;
-	else if (type == QXL_RELEASE_CURSOR_CMD)
+		priority = 1;
+	} else if (type == QXL_RELEASE_CURSOR_CMD) {
 		cur_idx = 2;
+		priority = 1;
+	}
 	else {
 		DRM_ERROR("got illegal type: %d\n", type);
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -352,7 +358,7 @@ int qxl_alloc_release_reserved(struct qxl_device *qdev, unsigned long size,
 		qdev->current_release_bo[cur_idx] = NULL;
 	}
 	if (!qdev->current_release_bo[cur_idx]) {
-		ret = qxl_release_bo_alloc(qdev, &qdev->current_release_bo[cur_idx]);
+		ret = qxl_release_bo_alloc(qdev, &qdev->current_release_bo[cur_idx], priority);
 		if (ret) {
 			mutex_unlock(&qdev->release_mutex);
 			qxl_release_free(qdev, *release);
