diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
index 73b3442e74679169463a174e07b3385fa18f44b7..f388ce4fb8e3ae23aaf16e1c3b93e041b4f80323 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
@@ -496,6 +496,11 @@ static int _dpu_rm_reserve_dsc(struct dpu_rm *rm,
 
 	/* check if DSC required are allocated or not */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_dsc; i++) {
+		if (!rm->dsc_blks[i]) {
+			DPU_ERROR("DSC %d does not exist\n", i);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+
 		if (global_state->dsc_to_enc_id[i]) {
 			DPU_ERROR("DSC %d is already allocated\n", i);
 			return -EIO;