diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_drv.h
index 6e0cc724e5a2..7ca059596887 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_drv.h
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ struct cirrus_fbdev {
 	struct list_head fbdev_list;
 	void *sysram;
 	int size;
+	int x1, y1, x2, y2; /* dirty rect */
+	spinlock_t dirty_lock;
 };
 
 struct cirrus_bo {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_fbdev.c
index e25afccaf85b..3541b567bbd8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_fbdev.c
@@ -27,16 +27,51 @@ static void cirrus_dirty_update(struct cirrus_fbdev *afbdev,
 	int bpp = (afbdev->gfb.base.bits_per_pixel + 7)/8;
 	int ret;
 	bool unmap = false;
+	bool store_for_later = false;
+	int x2, y2;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	obj = afbdev->gfb.obj;
 	bo = gem_to_cirrus_bo(obj);
 
+	/*
+	 * try and reserve the BO, if we fail with busy
+	 * then the BO is being moved and we should
+	 * store up the damage until later.
+	 */
 	ret = cirrus_bo_reserve(bo, true);
 	if (ret) {
-		DRM_ERROR("failed to reserve fb bo\n");
+		if (ret != -EBUSY)
+			return;
+		store_for_later = true;
+	}
+
+	x2 = x + width - 1;
+	y2 = y + height - 1;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&afbdev->dirty_lock, flags);
+
+	if (afbdev->y1 < y)
+		y = afbdev->y1;
+	if (afbdev->y2 > y2)
+		y2 = afbdev->y2;
+	if (afbdev->x1 < x)
+		x = afbdev->x1;
+	if (afbdev->x2 > x2)
+		x2 = afbdev->x2;
+
+	if (store_for_later) {
+		afbdev->x1 = x;
+		afbdev->x2 = x2;
+		afbdev->y1 = y;
+		afbdev->y2 = y2;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&afbdev->dirty_lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
 
+	afbdev->x1 = afbdev->y1 = INT_MAX;
+	afbdev->x2 = afbdev->y2 = 0;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&afbdev->dirty_lock, flags);
+
 	if (!bo->kmap.virtual) {
 		ret = ttm_bo_kmap(&bo->bo, 0, bo->bo.num_pages, &bo->kmap);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -268,6 +303,7 @@ int cirrus_fbdev_init(struct cirrus_device *cdev)
 
 	cdev->mode_info.gfbdev = gfbdev;
 	gfbdev->helper.funcs = &cirrus_fb_helper_funcs;
+	spin_lock_init(&gfbdev->dirty_lock);
 
 	ret = drm_fb_helper_init(cdev->dev, &gfbdev->helper,
 				 cdev->num_crtc, CIRRUSFB_CONN_LIMIT);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c
index 1413a26e4905..2ed8cfc740c9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ int cirrus_bo_reserve(struct cirrus_bo *bo, bool no_wait)
 
 	ret = ttm_bo_reserve(&bo->bo, true, no_wait, false, 0);
 	if (ret) {
-		if (ret != -ERESTARTSYS)
+		if (ret != -ERESTARTSYS && ret != -EBUSY)
 			DRM_ERROR("reserve failed %p\n", bo);
 		return ret;
 	}