diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c
index 6e7f16f4cec794dd0ec82f295dc0a203fd956eac..41cdf9d1e59dc218d8d726997544ad698b0562ea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ static void qxl_drm_release(struct drm_device *dev)
 	 * reodering qxl_modeset_fini() + qxl_device_fini() calls is
 	 * non-trivial though.
 	 */
+	if (!dev->registered)
+		return;
 	qxl_modeset_fini(qdev);
 	qxl_device_fini(qdev);
 }