We might decide to start incremental marking immediately after finishing one cycle.

src/incremental-marking.cc

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     bool success = marking_deque_memory_->Commit(
         reinterpret_cast<Address>(marking_deque_memory_->address()),
         marking_deque_memory_->size(),
         false);  // Not executable.
     CHECK(success);
     marking_deque_memory_committed_ = true;
   }
 }
 
 void IncrementalMarking::UncommitMarkingDeque() {
-  ASSERT(state_ == STOPPED);
-  if (marking_deque_memory_committed_) {
+  if (state_ == STOPPED && marking_deque_memory_committed_) {
     bool success = marking_deque_memory_->Uncommit(
         reinterpret_cast<Address>(marking_deque_memory_->address()),
         marking_deque_memory_->size());
     CHECK(success);
     marking_deque_memory_committed_ = false;
   }
 }
 
 
 void IncrementalMarking::Start() {
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   allocation_marking_factor_ = kInitialAllocationMarkingFactor;
   bytes_scanned_ = 0;
 }
 
 
 int64_t IncrementalMarking::SpaceLeftInOldSpace() {
   return heap_->MaxOldGenerationSize() - heap_->PromotedSpaceSize();
 }
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal