diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_blit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_blit.c
index f4fb88ece2bb..ca5c29f70779 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_blit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_blit.c
@@ -538,9 +538,12 @@ int
 r600_prepare_blit_copy(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
 	drm_radeon_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	int ret;
 	DRM_DEBUG("\n");
 
-	r600_nomm_get_vb(dev);
+	ret = r600_nomm_get_vb(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	dev_priv->blit_vb->file_priv = file_priv;