diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.c b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
index 6cdde80bdb8b..e25689ff3cd1 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_page.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
@@ -4112,7 +4112,12 @@ vm_page_mvqueue(vm_page_t m, const uint8_t nqueue, const uint16_t nflag)
 		if (nqueue == PQ_ACTIVE)
 			new.act_count = max(old.act_count, ACT_INIT);
 		if (old.queue == nqueue) {
-			if (nqueue != PQ_ACTIVE)
+			/*
+			 * There is no need to requeue pages already in the
+			 * active queue.
+			 */
+			if (nqueue != PQ_ACTIVE ||
+			    (old.flags & PGA_ENQUEUED) == 0)
 				new.flags |= nflag;
 		} else {
 			new.flags |= nflag;