diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
index 74a13ccad34c..948300529743 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
@@ -633,6 +633,11 @@ int dpu_rm_get_assigned_resources(struct dpu_rm *rm,
 				  blks_size, enc_id);
 			break;
 		}
+		if (!hw_blks[i]) {
+			DPU_ERROR("Allocated resource %d unavailable to assign to enc %d\n",
+				  type, enc_id);
+			break;
+		}
 		blks[num_blks++] = hw_blks[i];
 	}