diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
index 0af6ebdf205d821c6b68c825ea7db1ada77dff42..b66ef0e3cde14a2f98fa8d2a1245f41ca83c3268 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int vmw_framebuffer_create_handle(struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
 				  unsigned int *handle)
 {
 	if (handle)
-		handle = 0;
+		*handle = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 }