diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index b9e8e0d6e97ba81d0da0338540f8bb1795073a6d..3ed9fb0921e2b46039aa78e288439bc1f6ddecfe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3253,11 +3253,11 @@ void i915_gem_close_object(struct drm_gem_object *gem, struct drm_file *file)
 		struct i915_gem_context *ctx = lut->ctx;
 		struct i915_vma *vma;
 
+		GEM_BUG_ON(ctx->file_priv == ERR_PTR(-EBADF));
 		if (ctx->file_priv != fpriv)
 			continue;
 
 		vma = radix_tree_delete(&ctx->handles_vma, lut->handle);
-
 		if (!i915_vma_is_ggtt(vma))
 			i915_vma_close(vma);