1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fence_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fence_gk20a.c
index 737ad1b1..e046152d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fence_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/fence_gk20a.c
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ int gk20a_fence_from_semaphore(
         gk20a_init_fence(f, &gk20a_semaphore_fence_ops, sync_fence, wfi);
         if (!f) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYNC
-                sync_fence_put(sync_fence);
+                if (sync_fence)
+                        sync_fence_put(sync_fence);
 #endif
                 return -EINVAL;
         }