diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
index 1c3f890377d2..f67700c028c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
@@ -156,10 +156,14 @@ nouveau_svmm_bind(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	 */
 
 	mm = get_task_mm(current);
+	if (!mm) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	mmap_read_lock(mm);
 
 	if (!cli->svm.svmm) {
 		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+		mmput(mm);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}