diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_uvmm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_uvmm.c
index f5e4756b4de4..19e758a20c24 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_uvmm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_uvmm.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,8 @@ nouveau_uvmm_bind_job_submit(struct nouveau_job *job,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		drm_gpuva_ops_free(&uvmm->base, op->ops);
+		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(op->ops))
+			drm_gpuva_ops_free(&uvmm->base, op->ops);
 		op->ops = NULL;
 		op->reg = NULL;
 	}