diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c
index 9515c4bee32..f5f0ec0e9d3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c
@@ -613,7 +613,9 @@ iris_bo_alloc(struct iris_bufmgr *bufmgr,
    uint64_t bo_size =
       bucket ? bucket->size : MAX2(ALIGN(size, page_size), page_size);
 
-   bool is_coherent = bufmgr->has_llc || (flags & BO_ALLOC_COHERENT);
+   bool is_coherent = bufmgr->has_llc ||
+                      (bufmgr->vram.size > 0 && !local) ||
+                      (flags & BO_ALLOC_COHERENT);
    enum iris_mmap_mode mmap_mode =
       !local && is_coherent ? IRIS_MMAP_WB : IRIS_MMAP_WC;