diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c b/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
index 9c103530d916..3bdee2440572 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat
  * Author: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
@@ -1434,6 +1434,7 @@ static int _sde_encoder_update_rsc_client(
 void sde_encoder_irq_control(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc, bool enable)
 {
 	struct sde_encoder_virt *sde_enc;
+	struct sde_kms *sde_kms = NULL;
 	int i;
 
 	if (!drm_enc) {
@@ -1441,6 +1442,12 @@ void sde_encoder_irq_control(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc, bool enable)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	sde_kms = sde_encoder_get_kms(drm_enc);
+	if (!sde_kms) {
+		SDE_ERROR("invalid kms\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	sde_enc = to_sde_encoder_virt(drm_enc);
 
 	SDE_DEBUG_ENC(sde_enc, "enable:%d\n", enable);
@@ -1450,7 +1457,7 @@ void sde_encoder_irq_control(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc, bool enable)
 		if (phys && phys->ops.irq_control)
 			phys->ops.irq_control(phys, enable);
 	}
-	sde_kms_cpu_vote_for_irq(sde_encoder_get_kms(drm_enc), enable);
+	sde_kms_cpu_vote_for_irq(sde_kms, enable);
 
 }