diff --git a/src/intel.h b/src/intel.h
index 28f049e7..5423c20a 100644
--- a/src/intel.h
+++ b/src/intel.h
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ typedef struct intel_screen_private {
 	struct list flush_pixmaps;
 	struct list in_flight;
 	drm_intel_bo *wa_scratch_bo;
+	OsTimerPtr cache_expire;
 
 	/* For Xvideo */
 	Bool use_overlay;
diff --git a/src/intel_driver.c b/src/intel_driver.c
index 2828ed63..066aa5f2 100644
--- a/src/intel_driver.c
+++ b/src/intel_driver.c
@@ -1200,6 +1200,9 @@ static Bool I830CloseScreen(int scrnIndex, ScreenPtr screen)
 
 	intel_glamor_close_screen(screen);
 
+	TimerFree(intel->cache_expire);
+	intel->cache_expire = NULL;
+
 	if (intel->uxa_driver) {
 		uxa_driver_fini(screen);
 		free(intel->uxa_driver);
diff --git a/src/intel_uxa.c b/src/intel_uxa.c
index 5f2959b4..e4a52706 100644
--- a/src/intel_uxa.c
+++ b/src/intel_uxa.c
@@ -965,6 +965,23 @@ static Bool intel_uxa_get_image(PixmapPtr pixmap,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static CARD32 intel_cache_expire(OsTimerPtr timer, CARD32 now, pointer data)
+{
+	intel_screen_private *intel = data;
+
+	/* We just want to create and destroy a bo as this causes libdrm
+	 * to reap its caches. However, since we can't remove that buffer
+	 * from the cache due to its own activity, we want to use something
+	 * that we know we will reuse later. The most frequently reused buffer
+	 * we have is the batchbuffer, and the best way to trigger its
+	 * reallocation is to submit a flush.
+	 */
+	intel_batch_emit_flush(intel->scrn);
+	intel_batch_submit(intel->scrn);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void intel_flush_rendering(intel_screen_private *intel)
 {
 	if (intel->needs_flush == 0)
@@ -978,6 +995,9 @@ static void intel_flush_rendering(intel_screen_private *intel)
 		intel_batch_submit(intel->scrn);
 	}
 
+	intel->cache_expire = TimerSet(intel->cache_expire, 0, 3000,
+				       intel_cache_expire, intel);
+
 	intel->needs_flush = 0;
 }