diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
index 815a05fe0e1e..c1dc1769e337 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -506,27 +506,61 @@ void intel_engine_setup_common(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 static void cleanup_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
+	struct i915_vma *vma;
+
 	/* Prevent writes into HWSP after returning the page to the system */
 	intel_engine_set_hwsp_writemask(engine, ~0u);
 
-	if (HWS_NEEDS_PHYSICAL(engine->i915)) {
-		void *addr = fetch_and_zero(&engine->status_page.page_addr);
+	vma = fetch_and_zero(&engine->status_page.vma);
+	if (!vma)
+		return;
 
-		__free_page(virt_to_page(addr));
-	}
+	if (!HWS_NEEDS_PHYSICAL(engine->i915))
+		i915_vma_unpin(vma);
+
+	i915_gem_object_unpin_map(vma->obj);
+	__i915_gem_object_release_unless_active(vma->obj);
+}
+
+static int pin_ggtt_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
+				struct i915_vma *vma)
+{
+	unsigned int flags;
+
+	flags = PIN_GLOBAL;
+	if (!HAS_LLC(engine->i915))
+		/*
+		 * On g33, we cannot place HWS above 256MiB, so
+		 * restrict its pinning to the low mappable arena.
+		 * Though this restriction is not documented for
+		 * gen4, gen5, or byt, they also behave similarly
+		 * and hang if the HWS is placed at the top of the
+		 * GTT. To generalise, it appears that all !llc
+		 * platforms have issues with us placing the HWS
+		 * above the mappable region (even though we never
+		 * actually map it).
+		 */
+		flags |= PIN_MAPPABLE;
+	else
+		flags |= PIN_HIGH;
 
-	i915_vma_unpin_and_release(&engine->status_page.vma,
-				   I915_VMA_RELEASE_MAP);
+	return i915_vma_pin(vma, 0, 0, flags);
 }
 
 static int init_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
-	unsigned int flags;
 	void *vaddr;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Though the HWS register does support 36bit addresses, historically
+	 * we have had hangs and corruption reported due to wild writes if
+	 * the HWS is placed above 4G. We only allow objects to be allocated
+	 * in GFP_DMA32 for i965, and no earlier physical address users had
+	 * access to more than 4G.
+	 */
 	obj = i915_gem_object_create_internal(engine->i915, PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Failed to allocate status page\n");
@@ -543,61 +577,30 @@ static int init_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	flags = PIN_GLOBAL;
-	if (!HAS_LLC(engine->i915))
-		/* On g33, we cannot place HWS above 256MiB, so
-		 * restrict its pinning to the low mappable arena.
-		 * Though this restriction is not documented for
-		 * gen4, gen5, or byt, they also behave similarly
-		 * and hang if the HWS is placed at the top of the
-		 * GTT. To generalise, it appears that all !llc
-		 * platforms have issues with us placing the HWS
-		 * above the mappable region (even though we never
-		 * actually map it).
-		 */
-		flags |= PIN_MAPPABLE;
-	else
-		flags |= PIN_HIGH;
-	ret = i915_vma_pin(vma, 0, 0, flags);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err;
-
 	vaddr = i915_gem_object_pin_map(obj, I915_MAP_WB);
 	if (IS_ERR(vaddr)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(vaddr);
-		goto err_unpin;
+		goto err;
 	}
 
+	engine->status_page.addr = memset(vaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 	engine->status_page.vma = vma;
-	engine->status_page.ggtt_offset = i915_ggtt_offset(vma);
-	engine->status_page.page_addr = memset(vaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	if (!HWS_NEEDS_PHYSICAL(engine->i915)) {
+		ret = pin_ggtt_status_page(engine, vma);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_unpin;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_unpin:
-	i915_vma_unpin(vma);
+	i915_gem_object_unpin_map(obj);
 err:
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int init_phys_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
-{
-	struct page *page;
-
-	/*
-	 * Though the HWS register does support 36bit addresses, historically
-	 * we have had hangs and corruption reported due to wild writes if
-	 * the HWS is placed above 4G.
-	 */
-	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_DMA32 | __GFP_ZERO);
-	if (!page)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	engine->status_page.page_addr = page_address(page);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void __intel_context_unpin(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 				  struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
@@ -690,10 +693,7 @@ int intel_engine_init_common(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unpin_preempt;
 
-	if (HWS_NEEDS_PHYSICAL(i915))
-		ret = init_phys_status_page(engine);
-	else
-		ret = init_status_page(engine);
+	ret = init_status_page(engine);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_breadcrumbs;
 
@@ -1366,7 +1366,8 @@ static void intel_engine_print_registers(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	}
 
 	if (HAS_EXECLISTS(dev_priv)) {
-		const u32 *hws = &engine->status_page.page_addr[I915_HWS_CSB_BUF0_INDEX];
+		const u32 *hws =
+			&engine->status_page.addr[I915_HWS_CSB_BUF0_INDEX];
 		unsigned int idx;
 		u8 read, write;
 
@@ -1549,7 +1550,7 @@ void intel_engine_dump(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&b->rb_lock, flags);
 
 	drm_printf(m, "HWSP:\n");
-	hexdump(m, engine->status_page.page_addr, PAGE_SIZE);
+	hexdump(m, engine->status_page.addr, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	drm_printf(m, "Idle? %s\n", yesno(intel_engine_is_idle(engine)));
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
index 45e2db683fe5..4295ade0d613 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@
  *
  */
 
+static inline u32 intel_hws_preempt_done_address(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	return (i915_ggtt_offset(engine->status_page.vma) +
+		I915_GEM_HWS_PREEMPT_ADDR);
+}
+
 static inline struct i915_priolist *to_priolist(struct rb_node *rb)
 {
 	return rb_entry(rb, struct i915_priolist, node);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 10354bdf8237..891878ab93a4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ static void execlists_init_reg_state(u32 *reg_state,
 				     struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 				     struct intel_ring *ring);
 
+static inline u32 intel_hws_seqno_address(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	return (i915_ggtt_offset(engine->status_page.vma) +
+		I915_GEM_HWS_INDEX_ADDR);
+}
+
 static inline struct i915_priolist *to_priolist(struct rb_node *rb)
 {
 	return rb_entry(rb, struct i915_priolist, node);
@@ -1807,7 +1813,7 @@ static void enable_execlists(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		   _MASKED_BIT_DISABLE(STOP_RING));
 
 	I915_WRITE(RING_HWS_PGA(engine->mmio_base),
-		   engine->status_page.ggtt_offset);
+		   i915_ggtt_offset(engine->status_page.vma));
 	POSTING_READ(RING_HWS_PGA(engine->mmio_base));
 }
 
@@ -2352,10 +2358,10 @@ static int logical_ring_init(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	}
 
 	execlists->csb_status =
-		&engine->status_page.page_addr[I915_HWS_CSB_BUF0_INDEX];
+		&engine->status_page.addr[I915_HWS_CSB_BUF0_INDEX];
 
 	execlists->csb_write =
-		&engine->status_page.page_addr[intel_hws_csb_write_index(i915)];
+		&engine->status_page.addr[intel_hws_csb_write_index(i915)];
 
 	reset_csb_pointers(execlists);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index a9efc8c71254..cb6d2aa2a829 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
  */
 #define LEGACY_REQUEST_SIZE 200
 
+static inline u32 intel_hws_seqno_address(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	return (i915_ggtt_offset(engine->status_page.vma) +
+		I915_GEM_HWS_INDEX_ADDR);
+}
+
 static unsigned int __intel_ring_space(unsigned int head,
 				       unsigned int tail,
 				       unsigned int size)
@@ -503,12 +509,17 @@ static void set_hws_pga(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, phys_addr_t phys)
 	I915_WRITE(HWS_PGA, addr);
 }
 
-static void ring_setup_phys_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+static struct page *status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
-	struct page *page = virt_to_page(engine->status_page.page_addr);
-	phys_addr_t phys = PFN_PHYS(page_to_pfn(page));
+	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = engine->status_page.vma->obj;
 
-	set_hws_pga(engine, phys);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_object_has_pinned_pages(obj));
+	return sg_page(obj->mm.pages->sgl);
+}
+
+static void ring_setup_phys_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	set_hws_pga(engine, PFN_PHYS(page_to_pfn(status_page(engine))));
 	set_hwstam(engine, ~0u);
 }
 
@@ -575,7 +586,7 @@ static void flush_cs_tlb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 static void ring_setup_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
-	set_hwsp(engine, engine->status_page.ggtt_offset);
+	set_hwsp(engine, i915_ggtt_offset(engine->status_page.vma));
 	set_hwstam(engine, ~0u);
 
 	flush_cs_tlb(engine);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index f2effd001540..32371ae67f24 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ struct i915_sched_attr;
 
 struct intel_hw_status_page {
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
-	u32 *page_addr;
-	u32 ggtt_offset;
+	u32 *addr;
 };
 
 #define I915_READ_TAIL(engine) I915_READ(RING_TAIL((engine)->mmio_base))
@@ -671,7 +670,7 @@ static inline u32
 intel_read_status_page(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int reg)
 {
 	/* Ensure that the compiler doesn't optimize away the load. */
-	return READ_ONCE(engine->status_page.page_addr[reg]);
+	return READ_ONCE(engine->status_page.addr[reg]);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -684,12 +683,12 @@ intel_write_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int reg, u32 value)
 	 */
 	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH)) {
 		mb();
-		clflush(&engine->status_page.page_addr[reg]);
-		engine->status_page.page_addr[reg] = value;
-		clflush(&engine->status_page.page_addr[reg]);
+		clflush(&engine->status_page.addr[reg]);
+		engine->status_page.addr[reg] = value;
+		clflush(&engine->status_page.addr[reg]);
 		mb();
 	} else {
-		WRITE_ONCE(engine->status_page.page_addr[reg], value);
+		WRITE_ONCE(engine->status_page.addr[reg], value);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -877,16 +876,6 @@ static inline bool intel_engine_has_started(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 void intel_engine_get_instdone(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 			       struct intel_instdone *instdone);
 
-static inline u32 intel_hws_seqno_address(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
-{
-	return engine->status_page.ggtt_offset + I915_GEM_HWS_INDEX_ADDR;
-}
-
-static inline u32 intel_hws_preempt_done_address(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
-{
-	return engine->status_page.ggtt_offset + I915_GEM_HWS_PREEMPT_ADDR;
-}
-
 /* intel_breadcrumbs.c -- user interrupt bottom-half for waiters */
 int intel_engine_init_breadcrumbs(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c
index 905318b7ae18..4e5b4dc6df0f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_engine.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ struct intel_engine_cs *mock_engine(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	engine->base.i915 = i915;
 	snprintf(engine->base.name, sizeof(engine->base.name), "%s", name);
 	engine->base.id = id;
-	engine->base.status_page.page_addr = (void *)(engine + 1);
+	engine->base.status_page.addr = (void *)(engine + 1);
 
 	engine->base.context_pin = mock_context_pin;
 	engine->base.request_alloc = mock_request_alloc;
