diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
index 1693204092868..c567526b75b83 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ nouveau_svmm_bind(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	mm = get_task_mm(current);
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
+	if (!cli->svm.svmm) {
+		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	for (addr = args->va_start, end = args->va_start + size; addr < end;) {
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 		unsigned long next;