diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
index 4e28e89b51dc..c49303ba30c8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
@@ -968,6 +968,9 @@ nouveau_connector_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
 		struct drm_display_mode *mode;
 
 		mode = drm_mode_duplicate(dev, nv_connector->native_mode);
+		if (!mode)
+			return 0;
+
 		drm_mode_probed_add(connector, mode);
 		ret = 1;
 	}