diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
index 3e491c808734..626aadf680bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 #include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
 #include <drm/virtgpu_drm.h>
 
+#include <xen/xen.h>
+
 #define DRIVER_NAME "virtio_gpu"
 #define DRIVER_DESC "virtio GPU"
 
@@ -60,6 +62,24 @@
 /* See virtio_gpu_ctx_create. One additional character for NULL terminator. */
 #define DEBUG_NAME_MAX_LEN 65
 
+/*
+ * Whether the host must be told about resource backing pages by DMA address
+ * rather than guest-physical address.
+ *
+ * This mirrors vring_use_map_api() in drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c, including
+ * its xen_domain() case.
+ */
+static inline bool virtio_gpu_use_dma_api(const struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+	if (!virtio_has_dma_quirk(vdev))
+		return true;
+
+	if (xen_domain())
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 struct virtio_gpu_object_params {
 	unsigned long size;
 	bool dumb;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
index ec9efacc6919..1527c62be88b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 					struct virtio_gpu_mem_entry **ents,
 					unsigned int *nents)
 {
-	bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);
+	bool use_dma_api = virtio_gpu_use_dma_api(vgdev->vdev);
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	struct sg_table *pages;
 	int si;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
index ab6106f4bdfc..5e9b7b192db0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ int virtio_gpu_panic_cmd_transfer_to_host_2d(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	struct virtio_gpu_object *bo = gem_to_virtio_gpu_obj(objs->objs[0]);
 	struct virtio_gpu_transfer_to_host_2d *cmd_p;
 	struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer *vbuf;
-	bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);
+	bool use_dma_api = virtio_gpu_use_dma_api(vgdev->vdev);
 
 	if (virtio_gpu_is_shmem(bo) && use_dma_api)
 		dma_sync_sgtable_for_device(vgdev->vdev->dev.parent,
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_cmd_transfer_to_host_2d(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	struct virtio_gpu_object *bo = gem_to_virtio_gpu_obj(objs->objs[0]);
 	struct virtio_gpu_transfer_to_host_2d *cmd_p;
 	struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer *vbuf;
-	bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);
+	bool use_dma_api = virtio_gpu_use_dma_api(vgdev->vdev);
 
 	if (virtio_gpu_is_shmem(bo) && use_dma_api)
 		dma_sync_sgtable_for_device(vgdev->vdev->dev.parent,
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_cmd_transfer_to_host_3d(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	struct virtio_gpu_object *bo = gem_to_virtio_gpu_obj(objs->objs[0]);
 	struct virtio_gpu_transfer_host_3d *cmd_p;
 	struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer *vbuf;
-	bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);
+	bool use_dma_api = virtio_gpu_use_dma_api(vgdev->vdev);
 
 	if (virtio_gpu_is_shmem(bo) && use_dma_api)
 		dma_sync_sgtable_for_device(vgdev->vdev->dev.parent,