diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
index bdefa61f2e6057cc4f7165374e7ee42b56589ea0..bb0e9bf80e45dece25f9db0028b01d8b28271ac5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
@@ -742,6 +742,9 @@ void intel_fbdev_initial_config_async(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct intel_fbdev *ifbdev = to_i915(dev)->fbdev;
 
+	if (!ifbdev)
+		return;
+
 	ifbdev->cookie = async_schedule(intel_fbdev_initial_config, ifbdev);
 }