diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_cursor.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_cursor.c
index 4f2068fe5d88..a7bf6a90eae5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_cursor.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_cursor.c
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ int mga_crtc_cursor_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	BUG_ON(pixels_2 != pixels_current && pixels_2 != pixels_prev);
 	BUG_ON(pixels_current == pixels_prev);
 
+	if (!handle || !file_priv) {
+		mga_hide_cursor(mdev);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	obj = drm_gem_object_lookup(dev, file_priv, handle);
 	if (!obj)
 		return -ENOENT;
@@ -88,12 +93,6 @@ int mga_crtc_cursor_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 		goto out_unreserve1;
 	}
 
-	if (!handle) {
-		mga_hide_cursor(mdev);
-		ret = 0;
-		goto out1;
-	}
-
 	/* Move cursor buffers into VRAM if they aren't already */
 	if (!pixels_1->pin_count) {
 		ret = mgag200_bo_pin(pixels_1, TTM_PL_FLAG_VRAM,