diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c
index 5d5d7eef3f43..7aff3514d97a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ static int shmem_get_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	unsigned long last_pfn = 0;	/* suppress gcc warning */
 	unsigned int max_segment = i915_sg_segment_size();
 	unsigned int sg_page_sizes;
-	struct pagevec pvec;
 	gfp_t noreclaim;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -192,13 +191,17 @@ err_sg:
 	sg_mark_end(sg);
 err_pages:
 	mapping_clear_unevictable(mapping);
-	pagevec_init(&pvec);
-	for_each_sgt_page(page, sgt_iter, st) {
-		if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page))
+	if (sg != st->sgl) {
+		struct pagevec pvec;
+
+		pagevec_init(&pvec);
+		for_each_sgt_page(page, sgt_iter, st) {
+			if (!pagevec_add(&pvec, page))
+				check_release_pagevec(&pvec);
+		}
+		if (pagevec_count(&pvec))
 			check_release_pagevec(&pvec);
 	}
-	if (pagevec_count(&pvec))
-		check_release_pagevec(&pvec);
 	sg_free_table(st);
 	kfree(st);