diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.c b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
--- a/sys/vm/vm_page.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
@@ -3265,6 +3265,8 @@
 		 */
 		mtx_lock(&vm_domainset_lock);
 		if (vm_page_count_min_set(wdoms)) {
+			if (pageproc == NULL)
+				panic("vm_wait in early boot");
 			vm_min_waiters++;
 			error = msleep(&vm_min_domains, &vm_domainset_lock,
 			    PVM | PDROP | mflags, "vmwait", 0);
@@ -3298,8 +3300,6 @@
 		} else
 			mtx_unlock(&vm_domainset_lock);
 	} else {
-		if (pageproc == NULL)
-			panic("vm_wait in early boot");
 		DOMAINSET_ZERO(&wdom);
 		DOMAINSET_SET(vmd->vmd_domain, &wdom);
 		vm_wait_doms(&wdom, 0);