diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dma.c
index 65699bfaaaea..b368ed74aad7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dma.c
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ nouveau_dma_init(struct nouveau_channel *chan)
 		return ret;
 
 	/* NV_MEMORY_TO_MEMORY_FORMAT requires a notifier object */
-	ret = nouveau_notifier_alloc(chan, NvNotify0, 32, &chan->m2mf_ntfy);
+	ret = nouveau_notifier_alloc(chan, NvNotify0, 32, 0xfd0, 0x1000,
+				     &chan->m2mf_ntfy);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
index 9821fcacc3d2..982d70b12722 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
@@ -852,7 +852,8 @@ extern const struct ttm_mem_type_manager_func nouveau_vram_manager;
 extern int  nouveau_notifier_init_channel(struct nouveau_channel *);
 extern void nouveau_notifier_takedown_channel(struct nouveau_channel *);
 extern int  nouveau_notifier_alloc(struct nouveau_channel *, uint32_t handle,
-				   int cout, uint32_t *offset);
+				   int cout, uint32_t start, uint32_t end,
+				   uint32_t *offset);
 extern int  nouveau_notifier_offset(struct nouveau_gpuobj *, uint32_t *);
 extern int  nouveau_ioctl_notifier_alloc(struct drm_device *, void *data,
 					 struct drm_file *);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_notifier.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_notifier.c
index fe29d604b820..5ea167623a82 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_notifier.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_notifier.c
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ nouveau_notifier_gpuobj_dtor(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 int
 nouveau_notifier_alloc(struct nouveau_channel *chan, uint32_t handle,
-		       int size, uint32_t *b_offset)
+		       int size, uint32_t start, uint32_t end,
+		       uint32_t *b_offset)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = chan->dev;
 	struct nouveau_gpuobj *nobj = NULL;
@@ -104,9 +105,10 @@ nouveau_notifier_alloc(struct nouveau_channel *chan, uint32_t handle,
 	uint32_t offset;
 	int target, ret;
 
-	mem = drm_mm_search_free(&chan->notifier_heap, size, 0, 0);
+	mem = drm_mm_search_free_in_range(&chan->notifier_heap, size, 0,
+					  start, end, 0);
 	if (mem)
-		mem = drm_mm_get_block(mem, size, 0);
+		mem = drm_mm_get_block_range(mem, size, 0, start, end);
 	if (!mem) {
 		NV_ERROR(dev, "Channel %d notifier block full\n", chan->id);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -177,7 +179,8 @@ nouveau_ioctl_notifier_alloc(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (IS_ERR(chan))
 		return PTR_ERR(chan);
 
-	ret = nouveau_notifier_alloc(chan, na->handle, na->size, &na->offset);
+	ret = nouveau_notifier_alloc(chan, na->handle, na->size, 0, 0x1000,
+				     &na->offset);
 	nouveau_channel_put(&chan);
 	return ret;
 }