diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index aa5c60a7132d847a1911774d28178c2865de960e..9005646dfb15932e572af0976345541da224d418 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		args->nr_cmds);
 	if (!submit) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		submit = NULL;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}