diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
index 3f5391d416d4..4f077c11e8e2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
@@ -713,6 +713,21 @@ static int xe_bo_move(struct ttm_buffer_object *ttm_bo, bool evict,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* Reject BO eviction if BO is bound to current VM. */
+	if (evict && ctx->resv) {
+		struct drm_gpuvm_bo *vm_bo;
+
+		drm_gem_for_each_gpuvm_bo(vm_bo, &bo->ttm.base) {
+			struct xe_vm *vm = gpuvm_to_vm(vm_bo->vm);
+
+			if (xe_vm_resv(vm) == ctx->resv &&
+			    xe_vm_in_preempt_fence_mode(vm)) {
+				ret = -EBUSY;
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Failed multi-hop where the old_mem is still marked as
 	 * TTM_PL_FLAG_TEMPORARY, should just be a dummy move.