diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c
index 5530fbf64f1e..c8386311cc70 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c
@@ -2040,6 +2040,9 @@ static void cdns_mhdp_atomic_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 	mhdp_state = to_cdns_mhdp_bridge_state(new_state);
 
 	mhdp_state->current_mode = drm_mode_duplicate(bridge->dev, mode);
+	if (!mhdp_state->current_mode)
+		return;
+
 	drm_mode_set_name(mhdp_state->current_mode);
 
 	dev_dbg(mhdp->dev, "%s: Enabling mode %s\n", __func__, mode->name);