diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/ctrl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/ctrl.c
index f2e9a06263ce..28702741a88b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/ctrl.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ nvkm_control_mthd_pstate_attr(struct nvkm_control *ctrl, void *data, u32 size)
 	const struct nvkm_domain *domain;
 	struct nvkm_pstate *pstate;
 	struct nvkm_cstate *cstate;
+	bool found = false;
 	int i = 0, j = -1;
 	u32 lo, hi;
 	int ret = -ENOSYS;
@@ -104,10 +105,15 @@ nvkm_control_mthd_pstate_attr(struct nvkm_control *ctrl, void *data, u32 size)
 
 	if (args->v0.state != NVIF_CONTROL_PSTATE_ATTR_V0_STATE_CURRENT) {
 		list_for_each_entry(pstate, &clk->states, head) {
-			if (i++ == args->v0.state)
+			if (i++ == args->v0.state) {
+				found = true;
 				break;
+			}
 		}
 
+		if (!found)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		lo = pstate->base.domain[domain->name];
 		hi = lo;
 		list_for_each_entry(cstate, &pstate->list, head) {