diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_pipe.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_pipe.c
index 1ef26bc631631184493357519207849b58c74bd4..69fe09b41087214ef0a36b7338e504118333bcfa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_pipe.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_pipe.c
@@ -130,18 +130,24 @@ int mdp5_pipe_assign(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct drm_plane *plane,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void mdp5_pipe_release(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct mdp5_hw_pipe *hwpipe)
+int mdp5_pipe_release(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct mdp5_hw_pipe *hwpipe)
 {
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = s->dev->dev_private;
 	struct mdp5_kms *mdp5_kms = to_mdp5_kms(to_mdp_kms(priv->kms));
-	struct mdp5_global_state *state = mdp5_get_global_state(s);
-	struct mdp5_hw_pipe_state *new_state = &state->hwpipe;
+	struct mdp5_global_state *state;
+	struct mdp5_hw_pipe_state *new_state;
 
 	if (!hwpipe)
-		return;
+		return 0;
+
+	state = mdp5_get_global_state(s);
+	if (IS_ERR(state))
+		return PTR_ERR(state);
+
+	new_state = &state->hwpipe;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!new_state->hwpipe_to_plane[hwpipe->idx]))
-		return;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	DBG("%s: release from plane %s", hwpipe->name,
 		new_state->hwpipe_to_plane[hwpipe->idx]->name);
@@ -152,6 +158,8 @@ void mdp5_pipe_release(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct mdp5_hw_pipe *hwpipe)
 	}
 
 	new_state->hwpipe_to_plane[hwpipe->idx] = NULL;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void mdp5_pipe_destroy(struct mdp5_hw_pipe *hwpipe)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_pipe.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_pipe.h
index bb2b0ac7aa2bfe667347f5bbc86d85d2502b079d..072db6a99b85ac55c1dabe8be49b947c4fa7406d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_pipe.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_pipe.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int mdp5_pipe_assign(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct drm_plane *plane,
 		     uint32_t caps, uint32_t blkcfg,
 		     struct mdp5_hw_pipe **hwpipe,
 		     struct mdp5_hw_pipe **r_hwpipe);
-void mdp5_pipe_release(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct mdp5_hw_pipe *hwpipe);
+int mdp5_pipe_release(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct mdp5_hw_pipe *hwpipe);
 
 struct mdp5_hw_pipe *mdp5_pipe_init(enum mdp5_pipe pipe,
 		uint32_t reg_offset, uint32_t caps);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_plane.c
index 1ddf07514de6d9b9271ae4b8206630a5e445f63e..85bbae26b17ee2e7f7f9684af1e52225380f7c61 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_plane.c
@@ -399,12 +399,24 @@ static int mdp5_plane_atomic_check_with_state(struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state,
 				mdp5_state->r_hwpipe = NULL;
 
 
-			mdp5_pipe_release(state->state, old_hwpipe);
-			mdp5_pipe_release(state->state, old_right_hwpipe);
+			ret = mdp5_pipe_release(state->state, old_hwpipe);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+
+			ret = mdp5_pipe_release(state->state, old_right_hwpipe);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+
 		}
 	} else {
-		mdp5_pipe_release(state->state, mdp5_state->hwpipe);
-		mdp5_pipe_release(state->state, mdp5_state->r_hwpipe);
+		ret = mdp5_pipe_release(state->state, mdp5_state->hwpipe);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = mdp5_pipe_release(state->state, mdp5_state->r_hwpipe);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
 		mdp5_state->hwpipe = mdp5_state->r_hwpipe = NULL;
 	}