diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_atomic_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_atomic_plane.c
index 9f670dcfe76e45822f8b410dd5c7a456ab6b429a..4125ee07a27171c987748dd9505b172ce8642948 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_atomic_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_atomic_plane.c
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ intel_prepare_plane_fb(struct drm_plane *_plane,
 	int ret;
 
 	if (old_obj) {
-		const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state =
+		const struct intel_crtc_state *new_crtc_state =
 			intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state,
 							to_intel_crtc(old_plane_state->hw.crtc));
 
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ intel_prepare_plane_fb(struct drm_plane *_plane,
 		 * This should only fail upon a hung GPU, in which case we
 		 * can safely continue.
 		 */
-		if (intel_crtc_needs_modeset(crtc_state)) {
+		if (new_crtc_state && intel_crtc_needs_modeset(new_crtc_state)) {
 			ret = i915_sw_fence_await_reservation(&state->commit_ready,
 							      old_obj->base.resv,
 							      false, 0,