diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
index ebdb0fdb8348a..e88c64417a8a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
@@ -1245,6 +1245,9 @@ struct atom_context *atom_parse(struct card_info *card, void *bios)
 	char name[512];
 	int i;
 
+	if (!ctx)
+		return NULL;
+
 	ctx->card = card;
 	ctx->bios = bios;