diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
index efc79bbf3c73..933fc89dd648 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
@@ -1177,36 +1178,27 @@ int drm_gem_mmap_obj(struct drm_gem_object *obj, unsigned long obj_size,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_mmap_obj);
 
-/**
- * drm_gem_mmap - memory map routine for GEM objects
- * @filp: DRM file pointer
- * @vma: VMA for the area to be mapped
- *
- * If a driver supports GEM object mapping, mmap calls on the DRM file
- * descriptor will end up here.
- *
- * Look up the GEM object based on the offset passed in (vma->vm_pgoff will
- * contain the fake offset we created when the GTT map ioctl was called on
- * the object) and map it with a call to drm_gem_mmap_obj().
- *
- * If the caller is not granted access to the buffer object, the mmap will fail
- * with EACCES. Please see the vma manager for more information.
+/*
+ * Look up a GEM object in offset space based on the exact start address. The
+ * caller must be granted access to the object. Returns a GEM object on success
+ * or a negative error code on failure. The returned GEM object needs to be
+ * released with drm_gem_object_put().
  */
-int drm_gem_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static struct drm_gem_object *
+drm_gem_object_lookup_at_offset(struct file *filp, unsigned long start,
+				unsigned long pages)
 {
 	struct drm_file *priv = filp->private_data;
 	struct drm_device *dev = priv->minor->dev;
 	struct drm_gem_object *obj = NULL;
 	struct drm_vma_offset_node *node;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (drm_dev_is_unplugged(dev))
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
 	drm_vma_offset_lock_lookup(dev->vma_offset_manager);
 	node = drm_vma_offset_exact_lookup_locked(dev->vma_offset_manager,
-						  vma->vm_pgoff,
-						  vma_pages(vma));
+						  start, pages);
 	if (likely(node)) {
 		obj = container_of(node, struct drm_gem_object, vma_node);
 		/*
@@ -1225,14 +1217,86 @@ int drm_gem_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	drm_vma_offset_unlock_lookup(dev->vma_offset_manager);
 
 	if (!obj)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	if (!drm_vma_node_is_allowed(node, priv)) {
 		drm_gem_object_put(obj);
-		return -EACCES;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
 	}
 
-	ret = drm_gem_mmap_obj(obj, drm_vma_node_size(node) << PAGE_SHIFT,
+	return obj;
+}
+
+/**
+ * drm_gem_get_unmapped_area - get memory mapping region routine for GEM objects
+ * @filp: DRM file pointer
+ * @uaddr: User address hint
+ * @len: Mapping length
+ * @pgoff: Offset (in pages)
+ * @flags: Mapping flags
+ *
+ * If a driver supports GEM object mapping, before ending up in drm_gem_mmap(),
+ * mmap calls on the DRM file descriptor will first try to find a free linear
+ * address space large enough for a mapping. Since GEM objects are backed by
+ * shmem buffers, this should preferably be handled by the shmem virtual memory
+ * filesystem which can appropriately align addresses to huge page sizes when
+ * needed.
+ *
+ * Look up the GEM object based on the offset passed in (vma->vm_pgoff will
+ * contain the fake offset we created) and call shmem_get_unmapped_area() with
+ * the right file pointer.
+ *
+ * If a GEM object is not available at the given offset or if the caller is not
+ * granted access to it, fall back to mm_get_unmapped_area().
+ */
+unsigned long drm_gem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long uaddr,
+					unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+					unsigned long flags)
+{
+	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
+	unsigned long ret;
+
+	obj = drm_gem_object_lookup_at_offset(filp, pgoff, len >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	if (IS_ERR(obj) || !obj->filp || !obj->filp->f_op->get_unmapped_area)
+		return mm_get_unmapped_area(current->mm, filp, uaddr, len, 0,
+					    flags);
+
+	ret = obj->filp->f_op->get_unmapped_area(obj->filp, uaddr, len, 0,
+						 flags);
+
+	drm_gem_object_put(obj);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_get_unmapped_area);
+
+/**
+ * drm_gem_mmap - memory map routine for GEM objects
+ * @filp: DRM file pointer
+ * @vma: VMA for the area to be mapped
+ *
+ * If a driver supports GEM object mapping, mmap calls on the DRM file
+ * descriptor will end up here.
+ *
+ * Look up the GEM object based on the offset passed in (vma->vm_pgoff will
+ * contain the fake offset we created) and map it with a call to
+ * drm_gem_mmap_obj().
+ *
+ * If the caller is not granted access to the buffer object, the mmap will fail
+ * with EACCES. Please see the vma manager for more information.
+ */
+int drm_gem_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
+	int ret;
+
+	obj = drm_gem_object_lookup_at_offset(filp, vma->vm_pgoff,
+					      vma_pages(vma));
+	if (IS_ERR(obj))
+		return PTR_ERR(obj);
+
+	ret = drm_gem_mmap_obj(obj,
+			       drm_vma_node_size(&obj->vma_node) << PAGE_SHIFT,
 			       vma);
 
 	drm_gem_object_put(obj);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem.h b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
index 8d48d2af2649..7c8bd67d087c 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_gem.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object {
 	.poll		= drm_poll,\
 	.read		= drm_read,\
 	.llseek		= noop_llseek,\
+	.get_unmapped_area	= drm_gem_get_unmapped_area,\
 	.mmap		= drm_gem_mmap, \
 	.fop_flags	= FOP_UNSIGNED_OFFSET
 
@@ -506,6 +507,9 @@ void drm_gem_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 int drm_gem_mmap_obj(struct drm_gem_object *obj, unsigned long obj_size,
 		     struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 int drm_gem_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+unsigned long drm_gem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long uaddr,
+					unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff,
+					unsigned long flags);
 
 /**
  * drm_gem_object_get - acquire a GEM buffer object reference