diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 996f60fae212..72657aa40319 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3530,6 +3530,12 @@ i915_gem_object_bind_to_vm(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* We reserve address 0 when using ppgtt,
+	 * since it's used by opencl as the NULL pointer
+	 */
+	if (start == 0 && !i915_is_ggtt(vm))
+		start = 1;
+
 	fence_size = i915_gem_get_gtt_size(dev,
 					   obj->base.size,
 					   obj->tiling_mode);