diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pagefault.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pagefault.c
index 1286be7fdcf2..039ec8759f98 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pagefault.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pagefault.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "xe_gt_stats.h"
 #include "xe_hw_engine.h"
 #include "xe_log.h"
+#include "xe_migrate.h"
 #include "xe_pagefault.h"
 #include "xe_pagefault_types.h"
 #include "xe_pm.h"
@@ -281,6 +282,8 @@ static int xe_pagefault_service(struct xe_pagefault *pf)
 	if (IS_ERR(vm))
 		return PTR_ERR(vm);
 
+	xe_migrate_ulls_enter(gt_to_tile(gt)->migrate);
+
 	down_read(&vm->lock);
 
 	if (xe_vm_is_closed(vm)) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
index e9d167d369b4..77cbffa625ab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
@@ -2528,8 +2528,10 @@ vm_bind_ioctl_ops_create(struct xe_vm *vm, struct xe_vma_ops *vops,
 			ctx.devmem_possible = IS_DGFX(vm->xe) &&
 					      IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_PAGEMAP);
 
-			for_each_tile(tile, vm->xe, id)
+			for_each_tile(tile, vm->xe, id) {
+				xe_migrate_ulls_enter(tile->migrate);
 				tile_mask |= 0x1 << id;
+			}
 
 			if (prefetch_region == DRM_XE_CONSULT_MEM_ADVISE_PREF_LOC) {
 				dpagemap = xe_vma_resolve_pagemap(vma,