diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_dpi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_dpi.c
index 1a1acd3cb0497695fb1e359dbca2949f3d751aa1..7cd87a0c2385c5469ada4778a2cd9e09041b5e95 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_dpi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_dpi.c
@@ -821,14 +821,18 @@ void mdfld_dsi_dpi_mode_set(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
 	struct drm_device *dev = dsi_config->dev;
 	struct drm_psb_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	int pipe = mdfld_dsi_encoder_get_pipe(dsi_encoder);
-
 	u32 pipeconf_reg = PIPEACONF;
 	u32 dspcntr_reg = DSPACNTR;
+	u32 pipeconf, dspcntr;
 
-	u32 pipeconf = dev_priv->pipeconf[pipe];
-	u32 dspcntr = dev_priv->dspcntr[pipe];
 	u32 mipi = MIPI_PORT_EN | PASS_FROM_SPHY_TO_AFE | SEL_FLOPPED_HSTX;
 
+	if (WARN_ON(pipe < 0))
+		return;
+
+	pipeconf = dev_priv->pipeconf[pipe];
+	dspcntr = dev_priv->dspcntr[pipe];
+
 	if (pipe) {
 		pipeconf_reg = PIPECCONF;
 		dspcntr_reg = DSPCCNTR;