diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c
index 3a462e327e0e..a1b8c4592943 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c
@@ -1251,12 +1251,13 @@ static void dpu_encoder_vblank_callback(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc,
 	DPU_ATRACE_BEGIN("encoder_vblank_callback");
 	dpu_enc = to_dpu_encoder_virt(drm_enc);
 
+	atomic_inc(&phy_enc->vsync_cnt);
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dpu_enc->enc_spinlock, lock_flags);
 	if (dpu_enc->crtc)
 		dpu_crtc_vblank_callback(dpu_enc->crtc);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dpu_enc->enc_spinlock, lock_flags);
 
-	atomic_inc(&phy_enc->vsync_cnt);
 	DPU_ATRACE_END("encoder_vblank_callback");
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c
index 59da348ff339..0ec809ab06e7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c
@@ -252,11 +252,6 @@ static int dpu_encoder_phys_wb_atomic_check(
 	DPU_DEBUG("[atomic_check:%d, \"%s\",%d,%d]\n",
 			phys_enc->wb_idx, mode->name, mode->hdisplay, mode->vdisplay);
 
-	if (!conn_state->writeback_job || !conn_state->writeback_job->fb)
-		return 0;
-
-	fb = conn_state->writeback_job->fb;
-
 	if (!conn_state || !conn_state->connector) {
 		DPU_ERROR("invalid connector state\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -267,6 +262,11 @@ static int dpu_encoder_phys_wb_atomic_check(
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (!conn_state->writeback_job || !conn_state->writeback_job->fb)
+		return 0;
+
+	fb = conn_state->writeback_job->fb;
+
 	DPU_DEBUG("[fb_id:%u][fb:%u,%u]\n", fb->base.id,
 			fb->width, fb->height);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
index ec26855079c1..239c8e3f2fbd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ static void dp_display_unbind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 
 	dp_power_client_deinit(dp->power);
 	dp_aux_unregister(dp->aux);
+	dp->drm_dev = NULL;
+	dp->aux->drm_dev = NULL;
 	priv->dp[dp->id] = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index 3c3a0cfade36..c9e4aeb14f4a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 						    INT_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
 	if (submit->fence_id < 0) {
-		ret = submit->fence_id = 0;
+		ret = submit->fence_id;
 		submit->fence_id = 0;
 	}