diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c
index f32bb6f6495ce0aafddf35d920298c5d315af9bc..136c6e77561abc4b1a481385a376e89ab538f494 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/execlist.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static void release_shadow_batch_buffer(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
 
 static void release_shadow_wa_ctx(struct intel_shadow_wa_ctx *wa_ctx)
 {
-	if (wa_ctx->indirect_ctx.size == 0)
+	if (!wa_ctx->indirect_ctx.obj)
 		return;
 
 	i915_gem_object_unpin_map(wa_ctx->indirect_ctx.obj);