diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_contig.c b/sys/vm/vm_contig.c
index 9e6f57d7a080..ebfce02e1cb1 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_contig.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_contig.c
@@ -91,12 +91,16 @@ vm_contig_launder(int queue)
 {
 	vm_object_t object;
 	vm_page_t m, m_tmp, next;
+	struct vnode *vp;
 
 	for (m = TAILQ_FIRST(&vm_page_queues[queue].pl); m != NULL; m = next) {
 		next = TAILQ_NEXT(m, pageq);
 		KASSERT(m->queue == queue,
 		    ("vm_contig_launder: page %p's queue is not %d", m, queue));
+		if (!VM_OBJECT_TRYLOCK(m->object))
+			continue;
 		if (vm_page_sleep_if_busy(m, TRUE, "vpctw0")) {
+			VM_OBJECT_UNLOCK(m->object);
 			vm_page_lock_queues();
 			return (TRUE);
 		}
@@ -105,22 +109,25 @@ vm_contig_launder(int queue)
 			object = m->object;
 			if (object->type == OBJT_VNODE) {
 				vm_page_unlock_queues();
-				vn_lock(object->handle,
-				    LK_EXCLUSIVE | LK_RETRY, curthread);
+				vp = object->handle;
+				VM_OBJECT_UNLOCK(object);
+				vn_lock(vp, LK_EXCLUSIVE | LK_RETRY, curthread);
 				VM_OBJECT_LOCK(object);
 				vm_object_page_clean(object, 0, 0, OBJPC_SYNC);
 				VM_OBJECT_UNLOCK(object);
-				VOP_UNLOCK(object->handle, 0, curthread);
+				VOP_UNLOCK(vp, 0, curthread);
 				vm_page_lock_queues();
 				return (TRUE);
 			} else if (object->type == OBJT_SWAP ||
 				   object->type == OBJT_DEFAULT) {
 				m_tmp = m;
-				vm_pageout_flush(&m_tmp, 1, 0, FALSE);
+				vm_pageout_flush(&m_tmp, 1, 0);
+				VM_OBJECT_UNLOCK(object);
 				return (TRUE);
 			}
 		} else if (m->busy == 0 && m->hold_count == 0)
 			vm_page_cache(m);
+		VM_OBJECT_UNLOCK(m->object);
 	}
 	return (FALSE);
 }
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_object.c b/sys/vm/vm_object.c
index 1f0f9ca66c58..087959b95cd1 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_object.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_object.c
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ vm_object_page_collect_flush(vm_object_t object, vm_page_t p, int curgeneration,
 	runlen = maxb + maxf + 1;
 
 	splx(s);
-	vm_pageout_flush(ma, runlen, pagerflags, TRUE);
+	vm_pageout_flush(ma, runlen, pagerflags);
 	for (i = 0; i < runlen; i++) {
 		if (ma[i]->valid & ma[i]->dirty) {
 			pmap_page_protect(ma[i], VM_PROT_READ);
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
index 2fc45fe1b85d..a073613220ad 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ vm_pageout_clean(m)
 	/*
 	 * we allow reads during pageouts...
 	 */
-	return (vm_pageout_flush(&mc[page_base], pageout_count, 0, TRUE));
+	return (vm_pageout_flush(&mc[page_base], pageout_count, 0));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -361,11 +361,7 @@ vm_pageout_clean(m)
  *	the ordering.
  */
 int
-vm_pageout_flush(mc, count, flags, is_object_locked)
-	vm_page_t *mc;
-	int count;
-	int flags;
-	int is_object_locked;
+vm_pageout_flush(vm_page_t *mc, int count, int flags)
 {
 	vm_object_t object;
 	int pageout_status[count];
@@ -384,14 +380,14 @@ vm_pageout_flush(mc, count, flags, is_object_locked)
 	 * edge case with file fragments.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		KASSERT(mc[i]->valid == VM_PAGE_BITS_ALL, ("vm_pageout_flush page %p index %d/%d: partially invalid page", mc[i], i, count));
+		KASSERT(mc[i]->valid == VM_PAGE_BITS_ALL,
+		    ("vm_pageout_flush: partially invalid page %p index %d/%d",
+			mc[i], i, count));
 		vm_page_io_start(mc[i]);
 		pmap_page_protect(mc[i], VM_PROT_READ);
 	}
 	object = mc[0]->object;
 	vm_page_unlock_queues();
-	if (!is_object_locked)
-		VM_OBJECT_LOCK(object);
 	vm_object_pip_add(object, count);
 	VM_OBJECT_UNLOCK(object);
 
@@ -444,8 +440,6 @@ vm_pageout_flush(mc, count, flags, is_object_locked)
 				pmap_page_protect(mt, VM_PROT_READ);
 		}
 	}
-	if (!is_object_locked)
-		VM_OBJECT_UNLOCK(object);
 	return numpagedout;
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.h b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.h
index f0bb1bdc7567..693eaff6256f 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_pageout.h
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_pageout.h
@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ void vm_proc_swapin_all(struct swdevt *);
 #endif	/* !NO_SWAPPING */
 
 #ifdef _KERNEL
-int vm_pageout_flush(vm_page_t *, int, int, int is_object_locked);
+int vm_pageout_flush(vm_page_t *, int, int);
 #endif
 #endif	/* _VM_VM_PAGEOUT_H_ */