diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_tiling.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_tiling.c
index ffcaee74a249..545fa703d975 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_tiling.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_tiling.c
@@ -296,10 +296,6 @@ i915_gem_object_set_tiling(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	spin_unlock(&obj->vma.lock);
 
 	obj->tiling_and_stride = tiling | stride;
-	i915_gem_object_unlock(obj);
-
-	/* Force the fence to be reacquired for GTT access */
-	i915_gem_object_release_mmap_gtt(obj);
 
 	/* Try to preallocate memory required to save swizzling on put-pages */
 	if (i915_gem_object_needs_bit17_swizzle(obj)) {
@@ -312,6 +308,11 @@ i915_gem_object_set_tiling(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 		obj->bit_17 = NULL;
 	}
 
+	i915_gem_object_unlock(obj);
+
+	/* Force the fence to be reacquired for GTT access */
+	i915_gem_object_release_mmap_gtt(obj);
+
 	return 0;
 }