diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_kms.c
index 08e082d0443a..b05ff46d773d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_kms.c
@@ -678,8 +678,10 @@ static void _dpu_kms_hw_destroy(struct dpu_kms *dpu_kms)
 		for (i = 0; i < dpu_kms->catalog->vbif_count; i++) {
 			u32 vbif_idx = dpu_kms->catalog->vbif[i].id;
 
-			if ((vbif_idx < VBIF_MAX) && dpu_kms->hw_vbif[vbif_idx])
+			if ((vbif_idx < VBIF_MAX) && dpu_kms->hw_vbif[vbif_idx]) {
 				dpu_hw_vbif_destroy(dpu_kms->hw_vbif[vbif_idx]);
+				dpu_kms->hw_vbif[vbif_idx] = NULL;
+			}
 		}
 	}