Index: sys/kern/subr_vmem.c
===================================================================
--- sys/kern/subr_vmem.c
+++ sys/kern/subr_vmem.c
@@ -1108,13 +1108,14 @@
 
 	error = ENOMEM;
 	VMEM_LOCK(vm);
-retry:
+
 	/*
 	 * Make sure we have enough tags to complete the operation.
 	 */
 	if (bt_fill(vm, flags) != 0)
 		goto out;
 
+retry:
 	/*
 	 * Find the next free tag meeting our constraints.  If one is found,
 	 * perform the allocation.
@@ -1390,16 +1391,16 @@
 	 */
 	first = bt_freehead_toalloc(vm, size, strat);
 	VMEM_LOCK(vm);
-	for (;;) {
-		/*
-		 * Make sure we have enough tags to complete the
-		 * operation.
-		 */
-		if (bt_fill(vm, flags) != 0) {
-			error = ENOMEM;
-			break;
-		}
 
+	/*
+	 * Make sure we have enough tags to complete the
+	 * operation.
+	 */
+	if (bt_fill(vm, flags) != 0) {
+		error = ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	for (;;) {
 		/*
 	 	 * Scan freelists looking for a tag that satisfies the
 		 * allocation.  If we're doing BESTFIT we may encounter