diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_uvmm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_uvmm.c
index d30ec3709e79..fc125fd44a9b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_uvmm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_uvmm.c
@@ -1475,6 +1475,7 @@ nouveau_uvmm_bind_job_submit(struct nouveau_job *job,
 						    op->va.range);
 			break;
 		case OP_UNMAP_SPARSE:
+			op->reg->dirty = false;
 			__nouveau_uvma_region_insert(uvmm, op->reg);
 			nouveau_uvmm_sm_unmap_prepare_unwind(uvmm, &op->new,
 							     op->ops);