diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c
index 2f56684780eb..b498f2f48582 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c
@@ -1542,6 +1542,8 @@ static bool are_stream_backends_same(
 bool dc_is_stream_unchanged(
 	struct dc_stream_state *old_stream, struct dc_stream_state *stream)
 {
+	if (!old_stream || !stream)
+		return false;
 
 	if (!are_stream_backends_same(old_stream, stream))
 		return false;