diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index 4d54dba353027..a976cd67b3b31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -1207,8 +1207,6 @@ static void engine_record_registers(struct intel_engine_coredump *ee)
 static void record_request(const struct i915_request *request,
 			   struct i915_request_coredump *erq)
 {
-	const struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
-
 	erq->flags = request->fence.flags;
 	erq->context = request->fence.context;
 	erq->seqno = request->fence.seqno;
@@ -1218,9 +1216,13 @@ static void record_request(const struct i915_request *request,
 
 	erq->pid = 0;
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	ctx = rcu_dereference(request->context->gem_context);
-	if (ctx)
-		erq->pid = pid_nr(ctx->pid);
+	if (!intel_context_is_closed(request->context)) {
+		const struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
+
+		ctx = rcu_dereference(request->context->gem_context);
+		if (ctx)
+			erq->pid = pid_nr(ctx->pid);
+	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }