diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c
index 70b44a2345ab..e50674bccb09 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c
@@ -63,11 +63,17 @@ static void virtio_gpu_plane_atomic_update(struct drm_plane *plane,
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = plane->dev;
 	struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev = dev->dev_private;
-	struct virtio_gpu_output *output = drm_crtc_to_virtio_gpu_output(plane->crtc);
+	struct virtio_gpu_output *output = NULL;
 	struct virtio_gpu_framebuffer *vgfb;
 	struct virtio_gpu_object *bo;
 	uint32_t handle;
 
+	if (plane->state->crtc)
+		output = drm_crtc_to_virtio_gpu_output(plane->state->crtc);
+	if (old_state->crtc)
+		output = drm_crtc_to_virtio_gpu_output(old_state->crtc);
+	WARN_ON(!output);
+
 	if (plane->state->fb) {
 		vgfb = to_virtio_gpu_framebuffer(plane->state->fb);
 		bo = gem_to_virtio_gpu_obj(vgfb->obj);