diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_kern.c b/sys/vm/vm_kern.c
index fbad3f1f1b2..1b9960e4dc7 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_kern.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_kern.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
  * any improvements or extensions that they make and grant Carnegie the
  * rights to redistribute these changes.
  *
- * $Id: vm_kern.c,v 1.24 1996/05/10 19:28:54 wollman Exp $
+ * $Id: vm_kern.c,v 1.25 1996/05/18 03:37:39 dyson Exp $
  */
 
 /*
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ retry:
 				i -= PAGE_SIZE;
 				m = vm_page_lookup(kmem_object,
 					OFF_TO_IDX(offset + i));
+				PAGE_WAKEUP(m);
 				vm_page_free(m);
 			}
 			vm_map_delete(map, addr, addr + size);