diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_crtc.c
index 46ad59ea2185a720cfb3a07db0c82b3ac2ad22e8..5d989073ba6e3f55fafc76d624a18f10291392f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_crtc.c
@@ -519,12 +519,18 @@ nv50_crtc_do_mode_set_base(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	struct drm_device *dev = nv_crtc->base.dev;
 	struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct nouveau_channel *evo = nv50_display(dev)->master;
-	struct drm_framebuffer *drm_fb = nv_crtc->base.fb;
-	struct nouveau_framebuffer *fb = nouveau_framebuffer(drm_fb);
+	struct drm_framebuffer *drm_fb;
+	struct nouveau_framebuffer *fb;
 	int ret;
 
 	NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "index %d\n", nv_crtc->index);
 
+	/* no fb bound */
+	if (!atomic && !crtc->fb) {
+		NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "No FB bound\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* If atomic, we want to switch to the fb we were passed, so
 	 * now we update pointers to do that.  (We don't pin; just
 	 * assume we're already pinned and update the base address.)
@@ -533,6 +539,8 @@ nv50_crtc_do_mode_set_base(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 		drm_fb = passed_fb;
 		fb = nouveau_framebuffer(passed_fb);
 	} else {
+		drm_fb = crtc->fb;
+		fb = nouveau_framebuffer(crtc->fb);
 		/* If not atomic, we can go ahead and pin, and unpin the
 		 * old fb we were passed.
 		 */