diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_rps.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_rps.c
index e6a00eea0631..a53928363b86 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_rps.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_rps.c
@@ -1949,7 +1949,7 @@ static struct drm_i915_private *mchdev_get(void)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	i915 = rcu_dereference(ips_mchdev);
-	if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&i915->drm.ref))
+	if (i915 && !kref_get_unless_zero(&i915->drm.ref))
 		i915 = NULL;
 	rcu_read_unlock();