diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
index 8422ca069a721fe84237e1b813e83eb79eb547d3..dd444a8b2bc15fbcdb4af7b6891331ed2647c8cc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ void virtio_gpu_release(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev = dev->dev_private;
 
+	if (!vgdev)
+		return;
+
 	virtio_gpu_modeset_fini(vgdev);
 	virtio_gpu_free_vbufs(vgdev);
 	virtio_gpu_cleanup_cap_cache(vgdev);