diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 28c1a81f7e7f..22308a1b66fc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -792,8 +792,7 @@ void msm_gem_active_get(struct drm_gem_object *obj, struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 		mutex_lock(&priv->mm_lock);
 		if (msm_obj->evictable)
 			mark_unevictable(msm_obj);
-		list_del(&msm_obj->mm_list);
-		list_add_tail(&msm_obj->mm_list, &gpu->active_list);
+		list_move_tail(&msm_obj->mm_list, &gpu->active_list);
 		mutex_unlock(&priv->mm_lock);
 	}
 }