diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index ff6f870d6621267c5840cd2c27daaa2a35979ae4..98322053eb2addb091ca0f5c3f9c86a10583815d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ struct drm_i915_error_state {
 	u64 fence[I915_MAX_NUM_FENCES];
 	struct timeval time;
 	struct drm_i915_error_ring {
+		bool valid;
 		struct drm_i915_error_object {
 			int page_count;
 			u32 gtt_offset;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index a707cca692e442f37f9b1db1b91e14bce388a109..d7fd2fd2f0a5e1ba6ed25f9a4dce0c20dc03b9e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ static void i915_ring_error_state(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *m,
 				  unsigned ring)
 {
 	BUG_ON(ring >= I915_NUM_RINGS); /* shut up confused gcc */
+	if (!error->ring[ring].valid)
+		return;
+
 	err_printf(m, "%s command stream:\n", ring_str(ring));
 	err_printf(m, "  HEAD: 0x%08x\n", error->head[ring]);
 	err_printf(m, "  TAIL: 0x%08x\n", error->tail[ring]);
@@ -293,7 +296,6 @@ int i915_error_state_to_str(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *m,
 	struct drm_device *dev = error_priv->dev;
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_i915_error_state *error = error_priv->error;
-	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring;
 	int i, j, page, offset, elt;
 
 	if (!error) {
@@ -328,7 +330,7 @@ int i915_error_state_to_str(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *m,
 	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 7)
 		err_printf(m, "ERR_INT: 0x%08x\n", error->err_int);
 
-	for_each_ring(ring, dev_priv, i)
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(error->ring); i++)
 		i915_ring_error_state(m, dev, error, i);
 
 	if (error->active_bo)
@@ -385,8 +387,7 @@ int i915_error_state_to_str(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *m,
 			}
 		}
 
-		obj = error->ring[i].ctx;
-		if (obj) {
+		if ((obj = error->ring[i].ctx)) {
 			err_printf(m, "%s --- HW Context = 0x%08x\n",
 				   dev_priv->ring[i].name,
 				   obj->gtt_offset);
@@ -667,7 +668,8 @@ i915_error_first_batchbuffer(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 			return NULL;
 
 		obj = ring->scratch.obj;
-		if (acthd >= i915_gem_obj_ggtt_offset(obj) &&
+		if (obj != NULL &&
+		    acthd >= i915_gem_obj_ggtt_offset(obj) &&
 		    acthd < i915_gem_obj_ggtt_offset(obj) + obj->base.size)
 			return i915_error_object_create(dev_priv, obj);
 	}
@@ -775,11 +777,17 @@ static void i915_gem_record_rings(struct drm_device *dev,
 				  struct drm_i915_error_state *error)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
-	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *request;
 	int i, count;
 
-	for_each_ring(ring, dev_priv, i) {
+	for (i = 0; i < I915_NUM_RINGS; i++) {
+		struct intel_ring_buffer *ring = &dev_priv->ring[i];
+
+		if (ring->dev == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		error->ring[i].valid = true;
+
 		i915_record_ring_state(dev, error, ring);
 
 		error->ring[i].batchbuffer =