active = NULL;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eviction_list);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, next, &vm->bound_list, vm_link) {
+               if (vma == active) { /* now seen this vma twice */
+                       if (flags & PIN_NONBLOCK)
+                               break;
+
+                       active = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+               }
+
                /*
                 * We keep this list in a rough least-recently scanned order
                 * of active elements (inactive elements are cheap to reap).
                 * To notice when we complete one full cycle, we record the
                 * first active element seen, before moving it to the tail.
                 */
-               if (i915_vma_is_active(vma)) {
-                       if (vma == active) {
-                               if (flags & PIN_NONBLOCK)
-                                       break;
-
-                               active = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
-                       }
-
-                       if (active != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)) {
-                               if (!active)
-                                       active = vma;
+               if (active != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN) && i915_vma_is_active(vma)) {
+                       if (!active)
+                               active = vma;
 
-                               list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vm->bound_list);
-                               continue;
-                       }
+                       list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vm->bound_list);
+                       continue;
                }
 
                if (mark_free(&scan, vma, flags, &eviction_list))