diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nouveau_buffer.c b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nouveau_buffer.c
index 02bc6f0..5aa1930 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nouveau_buffer.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nouveau_buffer.c
@@ -311,13 +311,18 @@ nouveau_buffer_cache(struct nouveau_context *nv, struct nv04_resource *buf)
 
 
 #define NOUVEAU_TRANSFER_DISCARD \
+   (PIPE_TRANSFER_DISCARD_RANGE)
+#if 0
    (PIPE_TRANSFER_DISCARD_RANGE | PIPE_TRANSFER_DISCARD_WHOLE_RESOURCE)
+#endif
 
 static INLINE boolean
 nouveau_buffer_should_discard(struct nv04_resource *buf, unsigned usage)
 {
+#if 0
    if (!(usage & PIPE_TRANSFER_DISCARD_WHOLE_RESOURCE))
       return FALSE;
+#endif
    if (unlikely(buf->base.bind & PIPE_BIND_SHARED))
       return FALSE;
    return buf->mm && nouveau_buffer_busy(buf, PIPE_TRANSFER_WRITE);
@@ -348,8 +353,10 @@ nouveau_buffer_transfer_map(struct pipe_context *pipe,
 
    if (buf->domain == NOUVEAU_BO_VRAM) {
       if (usage & NOUVEAU_TRANSFER_DISCARD) {
+#if 0
          if (usage & PIPE_TRANSFER_DISCARD_WHOLE_RESOURCE)
             buf->status &= NOUVEAU_BUFFER_STATUS_REALLOC_MASK;
+#endif
          nouveau_transfer_staging(nv, tx, TRUE);
       } else {
          if (buf->status & NOUVEAU_BUFFER_STATUS_GPU_WRITING) {
@@ -393,11 +400,13 @@ nouveau_buffer_transfer_map(struct pipe_context *pipe,
       return map;
 
    if (nouveau_buffer_busy(buf, usage & PIPE_TRANSFER_READ_WRITE)) {
+#if 0
       if (unlikely(usage & PIPE_TRANSFER_DISCARD_WHOLE_RESOURCE)) {
          /* Discarding was not possible, must sync because
           * subsequent transfers might use UNSYNCHRONIZED. */
          nouveau_buffer_sync(buf, usage & PIPE_TRANSFER_READ_WRITE);
       } else
+#endif
       if (usage & PIPE_TRANSFER_DISCARD_RANGE) {
          nouveau_transfer_staging(nv, tx, TRUE);
          map = tx->map;