diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
index 22a32b9932c5..79a04fde69b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ i915_gem_detect_bit_6_swizzle(struct drm_device *dev)
 static bool
 i915_tiling_ok(struct drm_device *dev, int stride, int size, int tiling_mode)
 {
-	int tile_width;
+	int tile_width, tile_height;
 
 	/* Linear is always fine */
 	if (tiling_mode == I915_TILING_NONE)
@@ -215,6 +215,20 @@ i915_tiling_ok(struct drm_device *dev, int stride, int size, int tiling_mode)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (IS_GEN2(dev) ||
+	    (tiling_mode == I915_TILING_Y && HAS_128_BYTE_Y_TILING(dev)))
+		tile_height = 32;
+	else
+		tile_height = 8;
+	/* i8xx is strange: It has 2 interleaved rows of tiles, so needs an even
+	 * number of tile rows. */
+	if (IS_GEN2(dev))
+		tile_height *= 2;
+
+	/* Size needs to be aligned to a full tile row */
+	if (size & (tile_height * stride - 1))
+		return false;
+
 	/* 965+ just needs multiples of tile width */
 	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 4) {
 		if (stride & (tile_width - 1))