diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
index 394e4bfae6e1..39b3b9aa7c27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ struct xe_bo *__xe_bo_create_locked(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_bo *bo,
 	drm_gem_private_object_init(&xe->drm, &bo->ttm.base, size);
 
 	if (resv) {
-		ctx.allow_res_evict = true;
+		ctx.allow_res_evict = !(flags & XE_BO_CREATE_NO_RESV_EVICT);
 		ctx.resv = resv;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.h
index 2d08622f58a7..7ede50f2cbf3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.h
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@
 #define XE_BO_CREATE_GGTT_BIT		BIT(5)
 #define XE_BO_CREATE_IGNORE_MIN_PAGE_SIZE_BIT BIT(6)
 #define XE_BO_CREATE_PINNED_BIT		BIT(7)
-#define XE_BO_DEFER_BACKING		BIT(8)
-#define XE_BO_SCANOUT_BIT		BIT(9)
-#define XE_BO_FIXED_PLACEMENT_BIT	BIT(10)
+#define XE_BO_CREATE_NO_RESV_EVICT	BIT(8)
+#define XE_BO_DEFER_BACKING		BIT(9)
+#define XE_BO_SCANOUT_BIT		BIT(10)
+#define XE_BO_FIXED_PLACEMENT_BIT	BIT(11)
 /* this one is trigger internally only */
 #define XE_BO_INTERNAL_TEST		BIT(30)
 #define XE_BO_INTERNAL_64K		BIT(31)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
index f15282996c3b..30de6e902a8e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ struct xe_pt *xe_pt_create(struct xe_vm *vm, struct xe_gt *gt,
 				  ttm_bo_type_kernel,
 				  XE_BO_CREATE_VRAM_IF_DGFX(gt) |
 				  XE_BO_CREATE_IGNORE_MIN_PAGE_SIZE_BIT |
-				  XE_BO_CREATE_PINNED_BIT);
+				  XE_BO_CREATE_PINNED_BIT |
+				  XE_BO_CREATE_NO_RESV_EVICT);
 	if (IS_ERR(bo)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(bo);
 		goto err_kfree;