diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_reg_dma.c b/msm/sde/sde_reg_dma.c
index c6fbb82ff9..c9967b18b9 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_reg_dma.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_reg_dma.c
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ int sde_reg_dma_init(void __iomem *addr, struct sde_mdss_cfg *m,
 
 	set_default_dma_ops(&reg_dma);
 
+	if (!addr || !m || !dev) {
+		DRM_DEBUG("invalid addr %pK catalog %pK dev %pK\n", addr, m,
+				dev);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Register dummy range to ensure register dump is only done on
 	 * targeted LUTDMA regions. start = 1, end = 1 so full range isn't used
@@ -129,12 +135,6 @@ int sde_reg_dma_init(void __iomem *addr, struct sde_mdss_cfg *m,
 	sde_dbg_reg_register_dump_range(LUTDMA_DBG_NAME, "DUMMY_LUTDMA", 1, 1,
 			m->dma_cfg.xin_id);
 
-	if (!addr || !m || !dev) {
-		DRM_DEBUG("invalid addr %pK catalog %pK dev %pK\n", addr, m,
-				dev);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (!m->reg_dma_count)
 		return 0;