diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a217c055f492..9e506928cdfd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b37a6b9ad002a6c123a6924668dfef5c5fb0b700
+refs/heads/master: e93daed8e2fd5ce3dc98efe9938426127a534ccc
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
index 5065a140fdf8..5f60be76166e 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ static int vmw_fence_obj_init(struct vmw_fence_manager *fman,
 
 struct vmw_fence_obj *vmw_fence_obj_reference(struct vmw_fence_obj *fence)
 {
+	if (unlikely(fence == NULL))
+		return NULL;
+
 	kref_get(&fence->kref);
 	return fence;
 }
@@ -191,8 +194,12 @@ struct vmw_fence_obj *vmw_fence_obj_reference(struct vmw_fence_obj *fence)
 void vmw_fence_obj_unreference(struct vmw_fence_obj **fence_p)
 {
 	struct vmw_fence_obj *fence = *fence_p;
-	struct vmw_fence_manager *fman = fence->fman;
+	struct vmw_fence_manager *fman;
+
+	if (unlikely(fence == NULL))
+		return;
 
+	fman = fence->fman;
 	*fence_p = NULL;
 	spin_lock_irq(&fman->lock);
 	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&fence->kref.refcount) == 0);