diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c
index 65ae1a29c7e6673d495b462ec214036c8350fcc3..41de37e0b565a829c461a08f9855262d3a686965 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c
@@ -1694,6 +1694,8 @@ static bool are_stream_backends_same(
 bool dc_is_stream_unchanged(
 	struct dc_stream_state *old_stream, struct dc_stream_state *stream)
 {
+	if (!old_stream || !stream)
+		return false;
 
 	if (!are_stream_backends_same(old_stream, stream))
 		return false;