diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_snapshot.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_snapshot.c
index a2e4a909062f..13dc3017072d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_snapshot.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_snapshot.c
@@ -1067,6 +1067,9 @@ void kgsl_snapshot_save_frozen_objs(struct work_struct *work)
 	size_t size = 0;
 	void *ptr;
 
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(device))
+		return;
+
 	kgsl_snapshot_process_ib_obj_list(snapshot);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(obj, &snapshot->obj_list, node) {