diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
index 8a3a592da3a4d..2c46cd968ac4c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static void msm_gpu_crashstate_capture(struct msm_gpu *gpu,
 		state->bos = kcalloc(nr,
 			sizeof(struct msm_gpu_state_bo), GFP_KERNEL);
 
-		for (i = 0; i < submit->nr_bos; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; state->bos && i < submit->nr_bos; i++) {
 			if (should_dump(submit, i)) {
 				msm_gpu_crashstate_get_bo(state, submit->bos[i].obj,
 					submit->bos[i].iova, submit->bos[i].flags);