diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
index 4a673fc1a4320f957595dffe5ff8c7c53fa20adf..20cf272c97b1f8e16328a0304d25539797f07631 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
@@ -284,12 +284,12 @@ static inline void __i915_vma_pin(struct i915_vma *vma)
 
 static inline void __i915_vma_unpin(struct i915_vma *vma)
 {
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_vma_is_pinned(vma));
 	vma->flags--;
 }
 
 static inline void i915_vma_unpin(struct i915_vma *vma)
 {
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_vma_is_pinned(vma));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node));
 	__i915_vma_unpin(vma);
 }