diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
index c317b25a8162..416d47185ef0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ static void recover_worker(struct kthread_work *work)
 	struct msm_gem_submit *submit;
 	struct msm_ringbuffer *cur_ring = gpu->funcs->active_ring(gpu);
 	char *comm = NULL, *cmd = NULL;
+	struct task_struct *task;
 	int i;
 
 	mutex_lock(&gpu->lock);
@@ -482,16 +483,20 @@ static void recover_worker(struct kthread_work *work)
 
 	/* Increment the fault counts */
 	submit->queue->faults++;
-	if (submit->vm) {
+
+	task = get_pid_task(submit->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
+	if (!task)
+		gpu->global_faults++;
+	else {
 		struct msm_gem_vm *vm = to_msm_vm(submit->vm);
 
 		vm->faults++;
 
 		/*
 		 * If userspace has opted-in to VM_BIND (and therefore userspace
-		 * management of the VM), faults mark the VM as unusuable.  This
+		 * management of the VM), faults mark the VM as unusable. This
 		 * matches vulkan expectations (vulkan is the main target for
-		 * VM_BIND)
+		 * VM_BIND).
 		 */
 		if (!vm->managed)
 			msm_gem_vm_unusable(submit->vm);