diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c
index 1973bfaece40..d7f2d19a77c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static void devcoredump_snapshot(struct xe_devcoredump *coredump,
 	ss->snapshot_time = ktime_get_real();
 	ss->boot_time = ktime_get_boottime();
 
-	if (q->vm) {
+	if (q->vm && q->vm->xef) {
 		task = get_pid_task(q->vm->xef->drm->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 		if (task)
 			process_name = task->comm;