diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c
index 4e82ca4a7a52e4dc90adf685dd5b72acfe294c3d..50e7e3a5d1cb46c26cb2db2a8f26699785ac1951 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
 static bool
 mark_free(struct i915_vma *vma, struct list_head *unwind)
 {
-	/* Freeing up memory requires no VMAs are pinned */
-	if (i915_gem_obj_is_pinned(vma->obj))
+	if (vma->pin_count)
 		return false;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!list_empty(&vma->exec_list)))