diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c
index aa0c381..0d41a99 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
 
 #define TTM_MEMORY_ALLOC_RETRIES 4
 
@@ -375,6 +376,11 @@ int ttm_mem_global_init(struct ttm_mem_global *glob)
 
 	si_meminfo(&si);
 
+	/* lower limit of swap space and 256MB is enough */
+	glob->lower_mem_limit = 256 << 8;
+	/* lower limit of ram and keep consistent with each zone->emer_mem */
+	glob->lower_mem_limit += si.totalram >> 2;
+
 	ret = ttm_mem_init_kernel_zone(glob, &si);
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0))
 		goto out_no_zone;
@@ -469,6 +475,35 @@ void ttm_mem_global_free(struct ttm_mem_global *glob,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ttm_mem_global_free);
 
+/*
+ * check if the available mem is under lower memory limit
+ *
+ * a. if no swap disk at all or free swap space is under swap_mem_limit
+ * but available system mem is bigger than sys_mem_limit, allow TTM
+ * allocation;
+ *
+ * b. if the available system mem is less than sys_mem_limit but free
+ * swap disk is bigger than swap_mem_limit, allow TTM allocation.
+ */
+bool
+ttm_check_under_lowerlimit(struct ttm_mem_global *glob,
+		uint64_t num_pages, bool force_alloc)
+{
+	bool ret = false;
+	int64_t available;
+
+	if (force_alloc)
+		return false;
+
+	available = get_nr_swap_pages() + si_mem_available();
+	available -= num_pages;
+	if (available < glob->lower_mem_limit)
+		ret = true;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ttm_check_under_lowerlimit);
+
 static int ttm_mem_global_reserve(struct ttm_mem_global *glob,
 				  struct ttm_mem_zone *single_zone,
 				  uint64_t amount, bool reserve)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
index 5edcd89..bd312e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
@@ -1100,6 +1100,10 @@ int ttm_pool_populate(struct ttm_tt *ttm, struct ttm_operation_ctx *ctx)
 	if (ttm->state != tt_unpopulated)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (ttm_check_under_lowerlimit(mem_glob, ttm->num_pages,
+				       ctx->flags & TTM_OPT_FLAG_FORCE_ALLOC))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ret = ttm_get_pages(ttm->pages, ttm->num_pages, ttm->page_flags,
 			    ttm->caching_state);
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c
index b122f6e..fc32096 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c
@@ -940,6 +940,10 @@ int ttm_dma_populate(struct ttm_dma_tt *ttm_dma, struct device *dev,
 	if (ttm->state != tt_unpopulated)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (ttm_check_under_lowerlimit(mem_glob, num_pages,
+				       ctx->flags & TTM_OPT_FLAG_FORCE_ALLOC))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ttm_dma->pages_list);
 	i = 0;
 
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.h
index 8936285..5ada921 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
  * @work: The workqueue callback for the shrink queue.
  * @lock: Lock to protect the @shrink - and the memory accounting members,
  * that is, essentially the whole structure with some exceptions.
+ * @lower_mem_limit: include lower limit of swap space and lower limit of
+ * system memory.
  * @zones: Array of pointers to accounting zones.
  * @num_zones: Number of populated entries in the @zones array.
  * @zone_kernel: Pointer to the kernel zone.
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ struct ttm_mem_global {
 	struct workqueue_struct *swap_queue;
 	struct work_struct work;
 	spinlock_t lock;
+	uint64_t lower_mem_limit;
 	struct ttm_mem_zone *zones[TTM_MEM_MAX_ZONES];
 	unsigned int num_zones;
 	struct ttm_mem_zone *zone_kernel;
@@ -90,4 +93,6 @@ extern void ttm_mem_global_free_page(struct ttm_mem_global *glob,
 				     struct page *page, uint64_t size);
 extern size_t ttm_round_pot(size_t size);
 extern uint64_t ttm_get_kernel_zone_memory_size(struct ttm_mem_global *glob);
+extern bool ttm_check_under_lowerlimit(struct ttm_mem_global *glob,
+				uint64_t num_pages, bool force_alloc);
 #endif
