diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c
index b1da9ce54379099f3fc33e4f48a49cd007b74fa1..f9179eb08e9046143d2321a79f822f3ace706409 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c
@@ -537,9 +537,15 @@ int mdp5_crtc_setup_pipeline(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
-		mdp5_mixer_release(new_crtc_state->state, old_mixer);
+		ret = mdp5_mixer_release(new_crtc_state->state, old_mixer);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
 		if (old_r_mixer) {
-			mdp5_mixer_release(new_crtc_state->state, old_r_mixer);
+			ret = mdp5_mixer_release(new_crtc_state->state, old_r_mixer);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+
 			if (!need_right_mixer)
 				pipeline->r_mixer = NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_mixer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_mixer.c
index 113e6b569562cc2c2a1ae70bf07a205e559277c7..9c8275300b552696d2d33cfaa6c8b123fb0b6cbc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_mixer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_mixer.c
@@ -127,21 +127,28 @@ int mdp5_mixer_assign(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void mdp5_mixer_release(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct mdp5_hw_mixer *mixer)
+int mdp5_mixer_release(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct mdp5_hw_mixer *mixer)
 {
 	struct mdp5_global_state *global_state = mdp5_get_global_state(s);
-	struct mdp5_hw_mixer_state *new_state = &global_state->hwmixer;
+	struct mdp5_hw_mixer_state *new_state;
 
 	if (!mixer)
-		return;
+		return 0;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(global_state))
+		return PTR_ERR(global_state);
+
+	new_state = &global_state->hwmixer;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!new_state->hwmixer_to_crtc[mixer->idx]))
-		return;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	DBG("%s: release from crtc %s", mixer->name,
 	    new_state->hwmixer_to_crtc[mixer->idx]->name);
 
 	new_state->hwmixer_to_crtc[mixer->idx] = NULL;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void mdp5_mixer_destroy(struct mdp5_hw_mixer *mixer)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_mixer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_mixer.h
index 9be94f567fbdb3b77d1250f4b90a5257bfe4046c..6bcb0b544665e0977a3595766a86e0ff01695644 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_mixer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_mixer.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void mdp5_mixer_destroy(struct mdp5_hw_mixer *lm);
 int mdp5_mixer_assign(struct drm_atomic_state *s, struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 		      uint32_t caps, struct mdp5_hw_mixer **mixer,
 		      struct mdp5_hw_mixer **r_mixer);
-void mdp5_mixer_release(struct drm_atomic_state *s,
-			struct mdp5_hw_mixer *mixer);
+int mdp5_mixer_release(struct drm_atomic_state *s,
+		       struct mdp5_hw_mixer *mixer);
 
 #endif /* __MDP5_LM_H__ */