diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index e6f49175af1b..c460dc0c14e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2914,7 +2914,6 @@ i915_gem_obj_lookup_or_create_vma(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 static inline struct i915_hw_ppgtt *
 i915_vm_to_ppgtt(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 {
-	WARN_ON(i915_is_ggtt(vm));
 	return container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index caf573fd2dde..4fea8d221ba7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -700,8 +700,7 @@ static void gen8_ppgtt_clear_pte_range(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 				       uint64_t length,
 				       gen8_pte_t scratch_pte)
 {
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 	gen8_pte_t *pt_vaddr;
 	unsigned pdpe = gen8_pdpe_index(start);
 	unsigned pde = gen8_pde_index(start);
@@ -756,8 +755,7 @@ static void gen8_ppgtt_clear_range(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 				   uint64_t length,
 				   bool use_scratch)
 {
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 	gen8_pte_t scratch_pte = gen8_pte_encode(px_dma(vm->scratch_page),
 						 I915_CACHE_LLC, use_scratch);
 
@@ -782,8 +780,7 @@ gen8_ppgtt_insert_pte_entries(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 			      uint64_t start,
 			      enum i915_cache_level cache_level)
 {
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 	gen8_pte_t *pt_vaddr;
 	unsigned pdpe = gen8_pdpe_index(start);
 	unsigned pde = gen8_pde_index(start);
@@ -823,8 +820,7 @@ static void gen8_ppgtt_insert_entries(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 				      enum i915_cache_level cache_level,
 				      u32 unused)
 {
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 	struct sg_page_iter sg_iter;
 
 	__sg_page_iter_start(&sg_iter, pages->sgl, sg_nents(pages->sgl), 0);
@@ -975,8 +971,7 @@ static void gen8_ppgtt_cleanup_4lvl(struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt)
 
 static void gen8_ppgtt_cleanup(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 {
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 
 	if (intel_vgpu_active(vm->dev))
 		gen8_ppgtt_notify_vgt(ppgtt, false);
@@ -1210,8 +1205,7 @@ static int gen8_alloc_va_range_3lvl(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 				    uint64_t start,
 				    uint64_t length)
 {
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 	unsigned long *new_page_dirs, *new_page_tables;
 	struct drm_device *dev = vm->dev;
 	struct i915_page_directory *pd;
@@ -1323,8 +1317,7 @@ static int gen8_alloc_va_range_4lvl(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 				    uint64_t length)
 {
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(new_pdps, GEN8_PML4ES_PER_PML4);
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-			container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 	struct i915_page_directory_pointer *pdp;
 	uint64_t pml4e;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1370,8 +1363,7 @@ err_out:
 static int gen8_alloc_va_range(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 			       uint64_t start, uint64_t length)
 {
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 
 	if (USES_FULL_48BIT_PPGTT(vm->dev))
 		return gen8_alloc_va_range_4lvl(vm, &ppgtt->pml4, start, length);
@@ -1792,8 +1784,7 @@ static void gen6_ppgtt_clear_range(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 				   uint64_t length,
 				   bool use_scratch)
 {
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 	gen6_pte_t *pt_vaddr, scratch_pte;
 	unsigned first_entry = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned num_entries = length >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -1827,8 +1818,7 @@ static void gen6_ppgtt_insert_entries(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 				      uint64_t start,
 				      enum i915_cache_level cache_level, u32 flags)
 {
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 	gen6_pte_t *pt_vaddr;
 	unsigned first_entry = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned act_pt = first_entry / GEN6_PTES;
@@ -1861,8 +1851,7 @@ static int gen6_alloc_va_range(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(new_page_tables, I915_PDES);
 	struct drm_device *dev = vm->dev;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-				container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 	struct i915_page_table *pt;
 	uint32_t start, length, start_save, length_save;
 	uint32_t pde, temp;
@@ -1974,8 +1963,7 @@ static void gen6_free_scratch(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 
 static void gen6_ppgtt_cleanup(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 {
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base);
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 	struct i915_page_table *pt;
 	uint32_t pde;
 
@@ -3226,9 +3214,7 @@ void i915_gem_restore_gtt_mappings(struct drm_device *dev)
 		list_for_each_entry(vm, &dev_priv->vm_list, global_link) {
 			/* TODO: Perhaps it shouldn't be gen6 specific */
 
-			struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-					container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt,
-						     base);
+			struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 
 			if (i915_is_ggtt(vm))
 				ppgtt = dev_priv->mm.aliasing_ppgtt;
