diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 80b78fb5daac2b768df980183170a0506f9c55a0..5504be753092ca077d68c337cff5794080700f61 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3746,7 +3746,8 @@ int i915_gem_object_set_cache_level(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
 
-		if (i915_gem_valid_gtt_space(vma, cache_level))
+		if (!i915_vma_is_closed(vma) &&
+		    i915_gem_valid_gtt_space(vma, cache_level))
 			continue;
 
 		ret = i915_vma_unbind(vma);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
index bf6d8d1eaabeb97467218436e71905db8a7e0d0d..1013403fcfea692fe65daddf99a557cc7caca86d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ i915_vma_insert(struct i915_vma *vma, u64 size, u64 alignment, u64 flags)
 	u64 start, end;
 	int ret;
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_closed(vma));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(vma->flags & (I915_VMA_GLOBAL_BIND | I915_VMA_LOCAL_BIND));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node));
 
@@ -678,7 +679,9 @@ static void i915_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
 		GEM_BUG_ON(i915_gem_active_isset(&vma->last_read[i]));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_gem_active_isset(&vma->last_fence));
 
+	list_del(&vma->obj_link);
 	list_del(&vma->vm_link);
+
 	if (!i915_vma_is_ggtt(vma))
 		i915_ppgtt_put(i915_vm_to_ppgtt(vma->vm));
 
@@ -690,7 +693,6 @@ void i915_vma_close(struct i915_vma *vma)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_closed(vma));
 	vma->flags |= I915_VMA_CLOSED;
 
-	list_del(&vma->obj_link);
 	rb_erase(&vma->obj_node, &vma->obj->vma_tree);
 
 	if (!i915_vma_is_active(vma) && !i915_vma_is_pinned(vma))