diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index d6b6d0efdd1aeef15463e9504a4054ff3f2c3f8f..e355a82ccabd64dcc94e643aae77bdf6b03d6a42 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ static int shadow_context_status_change(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload =
 		scheduler->current_workload[req->engine->id];
 
+	if (unlikely(!workload))
+		return NOTIFY_OK;
+
 	switch (action) {
 	case INTEL_CONTEXT_SCHEDULE_IN:
 		intel_gvt_load_render_mmio(workload->vgpu,