diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index 5c0f7b7024d1..0ebbe10d497a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -353,6 +353,9 @@ void drm_atomic_commit_default_clear(struct drm_atomic_commit *state)
 	for (i = 0; i < state->num_private_objs; i++) {
 		struct drm_private_obj *obj = state->private_objs[i].ptr;
 
+		if (!obj)
+			continue;
+
 		obj->funcs->atomic_destroy_state(obj,
 						 state->private_objs[i].state_to_destroy);
 		state->private_objs[i].ptr = NULL;