diff --git a/sys/arm/nvidia/drm2/tegra_bo.c b/sys/arm/nvidia/drm2/tegra_bo.c
--- a/sys/arm/nvidia/drm2/tegra_bo.c
+++ b/sys/arm/nvidia/drm2/tegra_bo.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < bo->npages; i++) {
 		m = bo->m[i];
 		vm_page_busy_acquire(m, 0);
-		cdev_pager_free_page(bo->cdev_pager, m);
+		cdev_mgtdev_pager_free_page(bo->cdev_pager, m);
 		m->flags &= ~PG_FICTITIOUS;
 		vm_page_unwire_noq(m);
 		vm_page_free(m);
diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
 				continue;
 			if (!vm_page_busy_acquire(page, VM_ALLOC_WAITFAIL))
 				goto retry;
-			cdev_pager_free_page(devobj, page);
+			cdev_mgtdev_pager_free_page(devobj, page);
 		}
 		VM_OBJECT_WUNLOCK(devobj);
 		vm_object_deallocate(devobj);
diff --git a/sys/dev/drm2/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c b/sys/dev/drm2/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
--- a/sys/dev/drm2/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
+++ b/sys/dev/drm2/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
 			continue;
 		if (vm_page_busy_acquire(m, VM_ALLOC_WAITFAIL) == 0)
 			goto retry;
-		cdev_pager_free_page(vm_obj, m);
+		cdev_mgtdev_pager_free_page(vm_obj, m);
 	}
 	VM_OBJECT_WUNLOCK(vm_obj);
 
diff --git a/sys/dev/xen/gntdev/gntdev.c b/sys/dev/xen/gntdev/gntdev.c
--- a/sys/dev/xen/gntdev/gntdev.c
+++ b/sys/dev/xen/gntdev/gntdev.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
 			continue;
 		if (vm_page_busy_acquire(m, VM_ALLOC_WAITFAIL) == 0)
 			goto retry;
-		cdev_pager_free_page(gmap->map->mem, m);
+		cdev_mgtdev_pager_free_page(gmap->map->mem, m);
 	}
 	VM_OBJECT_WUNLOCK(gmap->map->mem);
 
diff --git a/sys/dev/xen/privcmd/privcmd.c b/sys/dev/xen/privcmd/privcmd.c
--- a/sys/dev/xen/privcmd/privcmd.c
+++ b/sys/dev/xen/privcmd/privcmd.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 				continue;
 			if (vm_page_busy_acquire(m, VM_ALLOC_WAITFAIL) == 0)
 				goto retry;
-			cdev_pager_free_page(map->mem, m);
+			cdev_mgtdev_pager_free_page(map->mem, m);
 		}
 		VM_OBJECT_WUNLOCK(map->mem);
 
diff --git a/sys/vm/device_pager.c b/sys/vm/device_pager.c
--- a/sys/vm/device_pager.c
+++ b/sys/vm/device_pager.c
@@ -262,13 +262,25 @@
 cdev_pager_free_page(vm_object_t object, vm_page_t m)
 {
 
-	VM_OBJECT_ASSERT_WLOCKED(object);
-	if (object->type == OBJT_MGTDEVICE) {
-		KASSERT((m->oflags & VPO_UNMANAGED) == 0, ("unmanaged %p", m));
-		pmap_remove_all(m);
-		(void)vm_page_remove(m);
-	} else if (object->type == OBJT_DEVICE)
+	if (object->type == OBJT_MGTDEVICE)
+		cdev_mgtdev_pager_free_page(object, m);
+	else if (object->type == OBJT_DEVICE)
 		dev_pager_free_page(object, m);
+	else
+		KASSERT(false,
+		    ("Invalid device type obj %p m %p", object, m));
+}
+
+void
+cdev_mgtdev_pager_free_page(vm_object_t object, vm_page_t m)
+{
+
+	VM_OBJECT_ASSERT_WLOCKED(object);
+	KASSERT((object->type == OBJT_MGTDEVICE &&
+	    (m->oflags & VPO_UNMANAGED) == 0),
+	    ("Unmanaged device or page obj %p m %p", object, m));
+	pmap_remove_all(m);
+	(void)vm_page_remove(m);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_pager.h b/sys/vm/vm_pager.h
--- a/sys/vm/vm_pager.h
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_pager.h
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@
     vm_ooffset_t foff, struct ucred *cred);
 vm_object_t cdev_pager_lookup(void *handle);
 void cdev_pager_free_page(vm_object_t object, vm_page_t m);
+void cdev_mgtdev_pager_free_page(vm_object_t object, vm_page_t m);
 
 struct phys_pager_ops {
 	int (*phys_pg_getpages)(vm_object_t vm_obj, vm_page_t *m, int count,