diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
index 5fef0b31c11798e06696420fada0c799c166a0bd..41be22e781e4ca0807bc39ec634d67f32677f91d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c
@@ -1514,6 +1514,7 @@ static int vmw_cmd_dma(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 		       SVGA3dCmdHeader *header)
 {
 	struct vmw_bo *vmw_bo = NULL;
+	struct vmw_resource *res;
 	struct vmw_surface *srf = NULL;
 	VMW_DECLARE_CMD_VAR(*cmd, SVGA3dCmdSurfaceDMA);
 	int ret;
@@ -1549,18 +1550,24 @@ static int vmw_cmd_dma(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 
 	dirty = (cmd->body.transfer == SVGA3D_WRITE_HOST_VRAM) ?
 		VMW_RES_DIRTY_SET : 0;
-	ret = vmw_cmd_res_check(dev_priv, sw_context, vmw_res_surface,
-				dirty, user_surface_converter,
-				&cmd->body.host.sid, NULL);
+	ret = vmw_cmd_res_check(dev_priv, sw_context, vmw_res_surface, dirty,
+				user_surface_converter, &cmd->body.host.sid,
+				NULL);
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
 		if (unlikely(ret != -ERESTARTSYS))
 			VMW_DEBUG_USER("could not find surface for DMA.\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	srf = vmw_res_to_srf(sw_context->res_cache[vmw_res_surface].res);
+	res = sw_context->res_cache[vmw_res_surface].res;
+	if (!res) {
+		VMW_DEBUG_USER("Invalid DMA surface.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
-	vmw_kms_cursor_snoop(srf, sw_context->fp->tfile, &vmw_bo->tbo, header);
+	srf = vmw_res_to_srf(res);
+	vmw_kms_cursor_snoop(srf, sw_context->fp->tfile, &vmw_bo->tbo,
+			     header);
 
 	return 0;
 }