diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
index 2ef201a072f1..e66a230331ee 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static void radeon_gem_va_update_vm(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 	if (r)
 		goto error_unlock;
 
-	if (bo_va->it.start)
+	if (bo_va->it.start && bo_va->bo)
 		r = radeon_vm_bo_update(rdev, bo_va, bo_va->bo->tbo.resource);
 
 error_unlock: