diff --git a/sys/vm/swap_pager.c b/sys/vm/swap_pager.c
--- a/sys/vm/swap_pager.c
+++ b/sys/vm/swap_pager.c
@@ -787,6 +787,20 @@
 	swp_pager_meta_free_all(object);
 	object->handle = NULL;
 	object->type = OBJT_DEAD;
+
+	/*
+	 * Release the allocation charge.
+	 */
+	if (object->cred != NULL) {
+		swap_release_by_cred(object->charge, object->cred);
+		object->charge = 0;
+		crfree(object->cred);
+		object->cred = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Hide the object from swap_pager_swapoff().
+	 */
 	vm_object_clear_flag(object, OBJ_SWAP);
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_object.c b/sys/vm/vm_object.c
--- a/sys/vm/vm_object.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_object.c
@@ -702,27 +702,9 @@
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- *	vm_object_destroy removes the object from the global object list
- *      and frees the space for the object.
- */
 void
 vm_object_destroy(vm_object_t object)
 {
-
-	/*
-	 * Release the allocation charge.
-	 */
-	if (object->cred != NULL) {
-		swap_release_by_cred(object->charge, object->cred);
-		object->charge = 0;
-		crfree(object->cred);
-		object->cred = NULL;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Free the space for the object.
-	 */
 	uma_zfree(obj_zone, object);
 }