diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
index 61f370d000e9f6a3db311de627e4ae9ba26e9802..53ee3037d309ff9d1e58fcbb81a0b537801c4718 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
@@ -530,9 +530,11 @@ nouveau_page_flip_reserve(struct nouveau_bo *old_bo,
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
-	ret = ttm_bo_reserve(&old_bo->bo, false, false, false, 0);
-	if (ret)
-		goto fail_unreserve;
+	if (likely(old_bo != new_bo)) {
+		ret = ttm_bo_reserve(&old_bo->bo, false, false, false, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			goto fail_unreserve;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -551,8 +553,10 @@ nouveau_page_flip_unreserve(struct nouveau_bo *old_bo,
 	nouveau_bo_fence(new_bo, fence);
 	ttm_bo_unreserve(&new_bo->bo);
 
-	nouveau_bo_fence(old_bo, fence);
-	ttm_bo_unreserve(&old_bo->bo);
+	if (likely(old_bo != new_bo)) {
+		nouveau_bo_fence(old_bo, fence);
+		ttm_bo_unreserve(&old_bo->bo);
+	}
 
 	nouveau_bo_unpin(old_bo);
 }