diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c
index bd870028514b..daac738343c3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ nouveau_sgdma_create_ttm(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, uint32_t page_flags)
 	enum ttm_caching caching;
 
 	if (nvbo->force_coherent)
-		caching = ttm_uncached;
+		caching = ttm_write_combined;
 	else if (drm->agp.bridge)
 		caching = ttm_write_combined;
 	else