diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dispc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dispc.c
index 5e2e65e888476f6bd39e17aa58a3b8e1137caf90..b8fdb63e5bb389cf4f62a7101d719fe0438410a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dispc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dispc.c
@@ -828,6 +828,12 @@ static void dispc_ovl_set_scale_coef(struct dispc_device *dispc,
 	h_coef = dispc_ovl_get_scale_coef(fir_hinc, true);
 	v_coef = dispc_ovl_get_scale_coef(fir_vinc, five_taps);
 
+	if (!h_coef || !v_coef) {
+		dev_err(&dispc->pdev->dev, "%s: failed to find scale coefs\n",
+			__func__);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
 		u32 h, hv;