diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index b773368fc62c8ac67717f6770ce20fd642a1bc8c..38a742532c4fa48ba2798d6aec910b546839090f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	if (i915_needs_cmd_parser(ring)) {
+	if (i915_needs_cmd_parser(ring) && args->batch_len) {
 		batch_obj = i915_gem_execbuffer_parse(ring,
 						      &shadow_exec_entry,
 						      eb,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c
index 0a52c44ad03d6b21078fe7482ddc3b84813ac9c4..9c5451c97942801544bbe9a0e692810bb5a9444e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ int intel_sprite_set_colorkey(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	drm_modeset_lock_all(dev);
 
 	plane = drm_plane_find(dev, set->plane_id);
-	if (!plane) {
+	if (!plane || plane->type != DRM_PLANE_TYPE_OVERLAY) {
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ int intel_sprite_get_colorkey(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	drm_modeset_lock_all(dev);
 
 	plane = drm_plane_find(dev, get->plane_id);
-	if (!plane) {
+	if (!plane || plane->type != DRM_PLANE_TYPE_OVERLAY) {
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}