diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 96f24caeb39b..c904ca5a2dda 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 291257cf4cb0da1e32b672b88e73d22d845c8f93
+refs/heads/master: 53bd5556547d72fb9c572d66c3b7bfe0f096972b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_connector.c b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_connector.c
index 59e79ff4b2eb..87cf3783efdc 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_connector.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_connector.c
@@ -150,8 +150,12 @@ static int exynos_drm_connector_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
 		count = drm_add_edid_modes(connector, edid);
 		kfree(edid);
 	} else {
-		struct drm_display_mode *mode = drm_mode_create(connector->dev);
 		struct exynos_drm_panel_info *panel;
+		struct drm_display_mode *mode = drm_mode_create(connector->dev);
+		if (!mode) {
+			DRM_ERROR("failed to create a new display mode.\n");
+			return 0;
+		}
 
 		if (display_ops->get_panel)
 			panel = display_ops->get_panel(manager->dev);