diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
index eb4b7df02ca0..f673292eec9d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
@@ -789,6 +789,8 @@ int ttm_mem_evict_first(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev,
 	ret = ttm_bo_evict(bo, ctx);
 	if (locked)
 		ttm_bo_unreserve(bo);
+	else
+		ttm_bo_move_to_lru_tail_unlocked(bo);
 
 	ttm_bo_put(bo);
 	return ret;