diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_mman.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_mman.c
index 78734c404a6d..3802a6222146 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_mman.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_mman.c
@@ -1157,6 +1157,7 @@ static int __igt_mmap_migrate(struct intel_memory_region **placements,
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	struct i915_request *rq = NULL;
 	struct vm_area_struct *area;
+	struct file *mock_file;
 	unsigned long addr;
 	LIST_HEAD(objects);
 	u64 offset;
@@ -1176,16 +1177,25 @@ static int __igt_mmap_migrate(struct intel_memory_region **placements,
 		goto out_put;
 
 	/*
-	 * This will eventually create a GEM context, due to opening dummy drm
-	 * file, which needs a tiny amount of mappable device memory for the top
-	 * level paging structures(and perhaps scratch), so make sure we
-	 * allocate early, to avoid tears.
+	 * Pretend to open("/dev/dri/card0"), which will eventually create a GEM
+	 * context along with multiple GEM objects (for paging structures and
+	 * scratch) that are placed in mappable portion of GPU memory.
+	 * Calling fput() on the file places objects' cleanup routines in delayed
+	 * worqueues, which execute after unspecified amount of time.
+	 * Keep the file open until migration and page fault checks are done to
+	 * make sure object cleanup is not executed after igt_fill_mappable()
+	 * finishes and before migration is attempted - that would leave a gap
+	 * large enough for the migration to succeed, when we'd expect it to fail.
 	 */
-	addr = igt_mmap_offset(i915, offset, obj->base.size,
-			       PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED);
+	mock_file = mock_drm_getfile(i915->drm.primary, O_RDWR);
+	if (IS_ERR(mock_file))
+		return PTR_ERR(mock_file);
+
+	addr = igt_mmap_offset_with_file(i915, offset, obj->base.size,
+					 PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, mock_file);
 	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr)) {
 		err = addr;
-		goto out_put;
+		goto out_fput;
 	}
 
 	mmap_read_lock(current->mm);
@@ -1292,6 +1302,9 @@ static int __igt_mmap_migrate(struct intel_memory_region **placements,
 out_addr:
 	vm_munmap(addr, obj->base.size);
 
+out_fput:
+	fput(mock_file);
+
 out_put:
 	i915_gem_object_put(obj);
 	igt_close_objects(i915, &objects);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/igt_mmap.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/igt_mmap.c
index e920a461bd36..106d5c0dfcbc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/igt_mmap.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/igt_mmap.c
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 #include "i915_drv.h"
 #include "igt_mmap.h"
 
-unsigned long igt_mmap_offset(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
-			      u64 offset,
-			      unsigned long size,
-			      unsigned long prot,
-			      unsigned long flags)
+unsigned long igt_mmap_offset_with_file(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
+					u64 offset,
+					unsigned long size,
+					unsigned long prot,
+					unsigned long flags,
+					struct file *file)
 {
 	struct drm_vma_offset_node *node;
-	struct file *file;
 	unsigned long addr;
 	int err;
 
@@ -31,22 +31,35 @@ unsigned long igt_mmap_offset(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
-	/* Pretend to open("/dev/dri/card0") */
-	file = mock_drm_getfile(i915->drm.primary, O_RDWR);
-	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		return PTR_ERR(file);
-
 	err = drm_vma_node_allow(node, file->private_data);
 	if (err) {
-		addr = err;
-		goto out_file;
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	addr = vm_mmap(file, 0, drm_vma_node_size(node) << PAGE_SHIFT,
 		       prot, flags, drm_vma_node_offset_addr(node));
 
 	drm_vma_node_revoke(node, file->private_data);
-out_file:
-	fput(file);
+
+	return addr;
+}
+
+unsigned long igt_mmap_offset(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
+			      u64 offset,
+			      unsigned long size,
+			      unsigned long prot,
+			      unsigned long flags)
+{
+	struct file *file;
+	unsigned long addr;
+
+	/* Pretend to open("/dev/dri/card0") */
+	file = mock_drm_getfile(i915->drm.primary, O_RDWR);
+	if (IS_ERR(file))
+		return PTR_ERR(file);
+
+	addr = igt_mmap_offset_with_file(i915, offset, size, prot, flags, file);
+	fput(file);
+
 	return addr;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/igt_mmap.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/igt_mmap.h
index acbe34d81a6d..7b177b44cd3c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/igt_mmap.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/igt_mmap.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 struct drm_i915_private;
 struct drm_vma_offset_node;
+struct file;
 
 unsigned long igt_mmap_offset(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 			      u64 offset,
@@ -18,4 +19,11 @@ unsigned long igt_mmap_offset(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 			      unsigned long prot,
 			      unsigned long flags);
 
+unsigned long igt_mmap_offset_with_file(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
+					u64 offset,
+					unsigned long size,
+					unsigned long prot,
+					unsigned long flags,
+					struct file *file);
+
 #endif /* IGT_MMAP_H */