diff --git a/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_page.cpp b/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_page.cpp
index ae8e27a7f6..d95410a7ce 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_page.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/vm/vm_page.cpp
@@ -2166,16 +2166,15 @@ idle_scan_active_pages(page_stats& pageStats)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_START(page);
-
 		if (page->busy) {
 			// page is busy -- requeue at the end
 			vm_page_requeue(page, true);
 			cache->ReleaseRefAndUnlock();
-			DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_END(page);
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		DEBUG_PAGE_ACCESS_START(page);
+
 		// Get the page active/modified flags and update the page's usage count.
 		// We completely unmap inactive temporary pages. This saves us to
 		// iterate through the inactive list as well, since we'll be notified