diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
index 733e9b668ed8..8569c1c637a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_fence.c
@@ -750,7 +750,8 @@ void amdgpu_ring_set_fence_errors_and_reemit(struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 		if (unprocessed && !dma_fence_is_signaled_locked(unprocessed)) {
 			fence = container_of(unprocessed, struct amdgpu_fence, base);
 			is_guilty_fence = fence == guilty_fence;
-			is_guilty_context = fence->context == guilty_fence->context;
+			is_guilty_context = guilty_fence ?
+				(fence->context == guilty_fence->context) : false;
 
 			/* mark all fences from the guilty context with an error */
 			if (is_guilty_fence)