diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 4dc8a9b..7605f40 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3125,14 +3125,15 @@ i915_gem_pin_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	obj->user_pin_count++;
-	obj->pin_filp = file;
-	if (obj->user_pin_count == 1) {
+	if (obj->user_pin_count == 0) {
 		ret = i915_gem_object_pin(obj, args->alignment, true);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
+	obj->user_pin_count++;
+	obj->pin_filp = file;
+
 	/* XXX - flush the CPU caches for pinned objects
 	 * as the X server doesn't manage domains yet
 	 */