diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c
index 1864467f106397..1b09bbe9805518 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ static void qxl_drm_release(struct drm_device *dev)
 	 * reordering qxl_modeset_fini() + qxl_device_fini() calls is
 	 * non-trivial though.
 	 */
+	if (!dev->registered)
+		return;
 	qxl_modeset_fini(qdev);
 	qxl_device_fini(qdev);
 }