diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_phys.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_phys.c
index b07bb40edd5a..698e22420dc5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_phys.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_phys.c
@@ -194,10 +194,11 @@ int i915_gem_object_attach_phys(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj, int align)
 	/* Perma-pin (until release) the physical set of pages */
 	__i915_gem_object_pin_pages(obj);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pages)) {
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pages))
 		i915_gem_shmem_ops.put_pages(obj, pages);
-		i915_gem_object_release_memory_region(obj);
-	}
+
+	i915_gem_object_release_memory_region(obj);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&obj->mm.lock);
 	return 0;