diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c
index 6fb9afb65034..5f48d5ea5c15 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ void __i915_gem_free_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 			GEM_BUG_ON(vma->obj != obj);
 			spin_unlock(&obj->vma.lock);
 
+			/* Verify that the vma is unbound under the vm mutex. */
+			mutex_lock(&vma->vm->mutex);
+			atomic_and(~I915_VMA_PIN_MASK, &vma->flags);
+			__i915_vma_unbind(vma);
+			mutex_unlock(&vma->vm->mutex);
+
 			__i915_vma_put(vma);
 
 			spin_lock(&obj->vma.lock);