diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c b/drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c
index e9d6663bec73ec5e9a2642d6af29bab81b0b9f40..a043bb12301acd9c1cf087663659c775316dd9f2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c
@@ -804,6 +804,9 @@ void i915_driver_lastclose(struct drm_device * dev)
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 
+	if (!dev_priv)
+		return;
+
 	if (dev_priv->agp_heap)
 		i915_mem_takedown(&(dev_priv->agp_heap));