diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c
index cd7489b4d70982ff3f461b59ce974c743d9a2259..3044e504f4ec9a8a4cbf6ef18bbd009fe7672c01 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gart.c
@@ -1209,6 +1209,8 @@ int radeon_vm_bo_update_pte(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	r = radeon_ib_get(rdev, R600_RING_TYPE_DMA_INDEX, &ib, NULL, ndw * 4);
+	if (r)
+		return r;
 	ib.length_dw = 0;
 
 	r = radeon_vm_update_pdes(rdev, vm, &ib, bo_va->soffset, bo_va->eoffset);