diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c
index bbd927e800af0f495f27c46c87abdc06783f95b4..bf8044bf4734b407f64e84fdf6f68699aac2862b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ static union acpi_object *amdgpu_atif_call(struct amdgpu_atif *atif,
 					   struct acpi_buffer *params)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
+	union acpi_object *obj;
 	union acpi_object atif_arg_elements[2];
 	struct acpi_object_list atif_arg;
 	struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
@@ -112,16 +113,24 @@ static union acpi_object *amdgpu_atif_call(struct amdgpu_atif *atif,
 
 	status = acpi_evaluate_object(atif->handle, NULL, &atif_arg,
 				      &buffer);
+	obj = (union acpi_object *)buffer.pointer;
 
-	/* Fail only if calling the method fails and ATIF is supported */
+	/* Fail if calling the method fails and ATIF is supported */
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) && status != AE_NOT_FOUND) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("failed to evaluate ATIF got %s\n",
 				 acpi_format_exception(status));
-		kfree(buffer.pointer);
+		kfree(obj);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	return buffer.pointer;
+	if (obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("bad object returned from ATIF: %d\n",
+				 obj->type);
+		kfree(obj);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return obj;
 }
 
 /**