diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 549e46c1a979..28d99b8a0490 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1200,14 +1200,6 @@ static int i915_load_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 	dev->mode_config.fb_base = drm_get_resource_start(dev, fb_bar) &
 		0xff000000;
 
-	if (IS_MOBILE(dev) || IS_I9XX(dev))
-		dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical = true;
-	else
-		dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical = false;
-
-	if (IS_I965G(dev) || IS_G33(dev))
-		dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical = false;
-
 	/* Basic memrange allocator for stolen space (aka vram) */
 	drm_mm_init(&dev_priv->vram, 0, prealloc_size);
 	DRM_INFO("set up %ldM of stolen space\n", prealloc_size / (1024*1024));
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 1b256de24563..a0a2cad8c016 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static struct drm_driver driver;
 	.driver_data = (unsigned long) info }
 
 const static struct intel_device_info intel_i830_info = {
-	.is_i8xx = 1, .is_mobile = 1,
+	.is_i8xx = 1, .is_mobile = 1, .cursor_needs_physical = 1,
 };
 
 const static struct intel_device_info intel_845g_info = {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const static struct intel_device_info intel_845g_info = {
 };
 
 const static struct intel_device_info intel_i85x_info = {
-	.is_i8xx = 1, .is_mobile = 1,
+	.is_i8xx = 1, .is_mobile = 1, .cursor_needs_physical = 1,
 };
 
 const static struct intel_device_info intel_i865g_info = {
@@ -73,17 +73,18 @@ const static struct intel_device_info intel_i865g_info = {
 };
 
 const static struct intel_device_info intel_i915g_info = {
-	.is_i915g = 1, .is_i9xx = 1,
+	.is_i915g = 1, .is_i9xx = 1, .cursor_needs_physical = 1,
 };
 const static struct intel_device_info intel_i915gm_info = {
 	.is_i9xx = 1,  .is_mobile = 1, .has_fbc = 1,
+	.cursor_needs_physical = 1,
 };
 const static struct intel_device_info intel_i945g_info = {
-	.is_i9xx = 1, .has_hotplug = 1,
+	.is_i9xx = 1, .has_hotplug = 1, .cursor_needs_physical = 1,
 };
 const static struct intel_device_info intel_i945gm_info = {
 	.is_i945gm = 1, .is_i9xx = 1, .is_mobile = 1, .has_fbc = 1,
-	.has_hotplug = 1,
+	.has_hotplug = 1, .cursor_needs_physical = 1,
 };
 
 const static struct intel_device_info intel_i965g_info = {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 0d24e034dc23..9a05f1a01025 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ struct intel_device_info {
 	u8 has_rc6 : 1;
 	u8 has_pipe_cxsr : 1;
 	u8 has_hotplug : 1;
+	u8 cursor_needs_physical : 1;
 };
 
 typedef struct drm_i915_private {
@@ -253,8 +254,6 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 	int hangcheck_count;
 	uint32_t last_acthd;
 
-	bool cursor_needs_physical;
-
 	struct drm_mm vram;
 
 	unsigned long cfb_size;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 52cd9b006da2..ef9c6139ee31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -3385,7 +3385,7 @@ static int intel_crtc_cursor_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 
 	/* we only need to pin inside GTT if cursor is non-phy */
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	if (!dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical) {
+	if (!dev_priv->info->cursor_needs_physical) {
 		ret = i915_gem_object_pin(bo, PAGE_SIZE);
 		if (ret) {
 			DRM_ERROR("failed to pin cursor bo\n");
@@ -3420,7 +3420,7 @@ static int intel_crtc_cursor_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	I915_WRITE(base, addr);
 
 	if (intel_crtc->cursor_bo) {
-		if (dev_priv->cursor_needs_physical) {
+		if (dev_priv->info->cursor_needs_physical) {
 			if (intel_crtc->cursor_bo != bo)
 				i915_gem_detach_phys_object(dev, intel_crtc->cursor_bo);
 		} else