diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index ab64ab470de742764b36cc338c07c52bd7e39f10..c226156f2dea8d28948c0056ed02974823974b46 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static int context_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 
 	msm_submitqueue_init(dev, ctx);
 
-	ctx->aspace = priv->gpu->aspace;
+	ctx->aspace = priv->gpu ? priv->gpu->aspace : NULL;
 	file->driver_priv = ctx;
 
 	return 0;