diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_pci.c
index 9240aff779da..c2c686aed1cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_pci.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include <kunit/test-bug.h>
 #include <kunit/test.h>
-#include <kunit/test-bug.h>
 #include <kunit/visibility.h>
 
 #define PLATFORM_CASE(platform__, graphics_step__)					\
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c
index e05dabfcd43c..d5293bc33a67 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c
@@ -292,13 +292,23 @@ int xe_exec_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file)
 		goto err_exec;
 	}
 
-	/* Wait behind rebinds */
+	/*
+	 * Wait behind rebinds and any kernel operations (evictions, defrag
+	 * moves, ...) on the VM and all external BOs. The VM's private BOs
+	 * carry their kernel ops in the VM dma-resv KERNEL slot, while each
+	 * external BO carries them in its own dma-resv KERNEL slot; both are
+	 * covered by iterating every object locked by the exec, mirroring the
+	 * drm_gpuvm_resv_add_fence() below.
+	 */
 	if (!xe_vm_in_lr_mode(vm)) {
-		err = xe_sched_job_add_deps(job,
-					    xe_vm_resv(vm),
-					    DMA_RESV_USAGE_KERNEL);
-		if (err)
-			goto err_put_job;
+		struct drm_gem_object *obj;
+
+		drm_exec_for_each_locked_object(exec, obj) {
+			err = xe_sched_job_add_deps(job, obj->resv,
+						    DMA_RESV_USAGE_KERNEL);
+			if (err)
+				goto err_put_job;
+		}
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_syncs && !err; i++)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
index 670bc2206fea..e787c0c27c42 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
@@ -1026,12 +1026,22 @@ xe_vm_populate_pgtable(struct xe_migrate_pt_update *pt_update, struct xe_tile *t
 	u64 *ptr = data;
 	u32 i;
 
+	/*
+	 * @qword_ofs is the absolute entry offset within the page table, while
+	 * @ptes is indexed relative to @update->ofs (its first entry). The GPU
+	 * path (write_pgtable) splits a single update into MAX_PTE_PER_SDI-sized
+	 * chunks, calling this with an advancing @qword_ofs but a fresh @data
+	 * pointer per chunk, so translate back into a @ptes index rather than
+	 * assuming the chunk starts at ptes[0].
+	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_qwords; i++) {
+		u32 idx = qword_ofs - update->ofs + i;
+
 		if (map)
 			xe_map_wr(tile_to_xe(tile), map, (qword_ofs + i) *
-				  sizeof(u64), u64, ptes[i].pte);
+				  sizeof(u64), u64, ptes[idx].pte);
 		else
-			ptr[i] = ptes[i].pte;
+			ptr[i] = ptes[idx].pte;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1408,6 +1418,7 @@ static int xe_pt_pre_commit(struct xe_migrate_pt_update *pt_update)
 				     pt_update_ops, rftree);
 }
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_GPUSVM)
 /*
  * Acquire/release the svm notifier_lock around xe_pt_svm_userptr_pre_commit()
  * and the matching late release in xe_pt_update_ops_run(). Read mode by
@@ -1434,6 +1445,10 @@ static void xe_pt_svm_userptr_notifier_unlock(struct xe_vm *vm)
 	xe_svm_notifier_unlock(vm);
 #endif
 }
+#else
+static inline void xe_pt_svm_userptr_notifier_lock(struct xe_vm *vm) { }
+static inline void xe_pt_svm_userptr_notifier_unlock(struct xe_vm *vm) { }
+#endif
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_GPUSVM)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_XE_USERPTR_INVAL_INJECT
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
index c4fb29004195..246fe1843142 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ int xe_vm_madvise_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *fil
 				 xe_device_is_l2_flush_optimized(xe) &&
 				 (pat_index != 19 && coh_mode != XE_COH_2WAY))) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto madv_fini;
+			goto free_vmas;
 		}
 	}