diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn21/dcn21_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn21/dcn21_resource.c
index 01c4e8753294b140513cf62982f145dbb74a996c..f02305089b56fe9dbacbd6fd73a640d9316a4b07 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn21/dcn21_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn21/dcn21_resource.c
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ static struct link_encoder *dcn21_link_encoder_create(
 		kzalloc(sizeof(struct dcn21_link_encoder), GFP_KERNEL);
 	int link_regs_id;
 
-	if (!enc21)
+	if (!enc21 || enc_init_data->hpd_source >= ARRAY_SIZE(link_enc_hpd_regs))
 		return NULL;
 
 	link_regs_id =