diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index 4caae0229518..4e665c806a14 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -276,7 +276,10 @@ int adreno_get_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_file_private *ctx,
 		*value = 0;
 		return 0;
 	case MSM_PARAM_FAULTS:
-		*value = gpu->global_faults + ctx->aspace->faults;
+		if (ctx->aspace)
+			*value = gpu->global_faults + ctx->aspace->faults;
+		else
+			*value = gpu->global_faults;
 		return 0;
 	case MSM_PARAM_SUSPENDS:
 		*value = gpu->suspend_count;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
index 32ffe1c0e82c..eb8a6663f309 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ static void recover_worker(struct kthread_work *work)
 	if (submit) {
 		/* Increment the fault counts */
 		submit->queue->faults++;
-		submit->aspace->faults++;
+		if (submit->aspace)
+			submit->aspace->faults++;
 
 		get_comm_cmdline(submit, &comm, &cmd);