diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
index 593b8d83179c..65c2c5361e5f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static void a5xx_submit_in_rb(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_gem_submit *submit
 			 * since we've already mapped it once in
 			 * submit_reloc()
 			 */
-			if (WARN_ON(!ptr))
+			if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ptr)))
 				return;
 
 			for (i = 0; i < dwords; i++) {