diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_vkms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_vkms.c
index 7b8163b5e501..3d0d5dfa869f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_vkms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_vkms.c
@@ -206,14 +206,14 @@ vmw_vkms_init(struct vmw_private *vmw)
 	vmw->vkms_enabled = false;
 
 	ret = vmw_host_get_guestinfo(GUESTINFO_VBLANK, buffer, &buf_len);
-	if (ret || buf_len > max_buf_len)
-		return;
-	buffer[buf_len] = '\0';
+	if (!ret && buf_len <= max_buf_len) {
+		buffer[buf_len] = '\0';
 
-	ret = kstrtobool(buffer, &vmw->vkms_enabled);
-	if (!ret && vmw->vkms_enabled) {
-		ret = drm_vblank_init(&vmw->drm, VMWGFX_NUM_DISPLAY_UNITS);
-		vmw->vkms_enabled = (ret == 0);
+		ret = kstrtobool(buffer, &vmw->vkms_enabled);
+		if (!ret && vmw->vkms_enabled) {
+			ret = drm_vblank_init(&vmw->drm, VMWGFX_NUM_DISPLAY_UNITS);
+			vmw->vkms_enabled = (ret == 0);
+		}
 	}
 
 	vmw->crc_workq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("vmwgfx_crc_generator", 0);
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ vmw_vkms_init(struct vmw_private *vmw)
 void
 vmw_vkms_cleanup(struct vmw_private *vmw)
 {
-	destroy_workqueue(vmw->crc_workq);
+	if (vmw->crc_workq)
+		destroy_workqueue(vmw->crc_workq);
 }
 
 bool