diff --git a/src/nouveau_exa.c b/src/nouveau_exa.c
index def66ac..31756aa 100644
--- a/src/nouveau_exa.c
+++ b/src/nouveau_exa.c
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ nouveau_exa_prepare_access(PixmapPtr ppix, int index)
 {
 	struct nouveau_bo *bo = nouveau_pixmap_bo(ppix);
 	NVPtr pNv = NVPTR(xf86ScreenToScrn(ppix->drawable.pScreen));
+	struct nouveau_pushbuf *push = pNv->pushbuf;
 
 	if (nv50_style_tiled_pixmap(ppix) && !pNv->wfb_enabled)
 		return FALSE;
+	PUSH_KICK(push);
 	if (nouveau_bo_map(bo, NOUVEAU_BO_RDWR, pNv->client))
 		return FALSE;
 	ppix->devPrivate.ptr = bo->map;