diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
index 17d7c525ea5c..4ff380770b32 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
@@ -1202,16 +1202,26 @@ int __i915_vma_unbind(struct i915_vma *vma)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_active(vma));
 	if (i915_vma_is_pinned(vma)) {
 		vma_print_allocator(vma, "is pinned");
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_active(vma));
+	/*
+	 * After confirming that no one else is pinning this vma, wait for
+	 * any laggards who may have crept in during the wait (through
+	 * a residual pin skipping the vm->mutex) to complete.
+	 */
+	ret = i915_vma_sync(vma);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (!drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node))
 		return 0;
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_pinned(vma));
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_active(vma));
+
 	if (i915_vma_is_map_and_fenceable(vma)) {
 		/*
 		 * Check that we have flushed all writes through the GGTT