diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c
index 64224386d90..f5511193378 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_bufmgr.c
@@ -313,8 +313,12 @@ static struct bo_cache_bucket *
 bucket_for_size(struct iris_bufmgr *bufmgr, uint64_t size,
                 enum iris_heap heap, unsigned flags)
 {
-   /* Protected bo needs special handling during allocation */
-   if (flags & BO_ALLOC_PROTECTED)
+
+   /* Protected bo needs special handling during allocation.
+    * Exported bo also need special handling during allocation in Xe KMD
+    */
+   if ((flags & BO_ALLOC_PROTECTED) ||
+       ((flags & BO_ALLOC_SHARED) && bufmgr->devinfo.kmd_type == INTEL_KMD_TYPE_XE))
       return NULL;
 
    /* Calculating the pages and rounding up to the page size. */
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/xe/iris_kmd_backend.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/xe/iris_kmd_backend.c
index 7cff750280c..eff69c1357a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/xe/iris_kmd_backend.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/xe/iris_kmd_backend.c
@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ xe_gem_create(struct iris_bufmgr *bufmgr,
    if (alloc_flags & BO_ALLOC_PROTECTED)
       return -EINVAL;
 
+   uint32_t vm_id = iris_bufmgr_get_global_vm_id(bufmgr);
+   vm_id = alloc_flags & BO_ALLOC_SHARED ? 0 : vm_id;
+
    struct drm_xe_gem_create gem_create = {
-     .vm_id = iris_bufmgr_get_global_vm_id(bufmgr),
+     .vm_id = vm_id,
      .size = align64(size, iris_bufmgr_get_device_info(bufmgr)->mem_alignment),
    };
    for (uint16_t i = 0; i < regions_count; i++)