diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
index 3393c1a6a0ff113954540e3a321eed6fb1f280fa..26c6e9b2d46069a81c160f0f5c1eba226f56dd35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
@@ -448,27 +448,24 @@ static bool amdgpu_bo_validate_size(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 
 	/*
 	 * If GTT is part of requested domains the check must succeed to
-	 * allow fall back to GTT
+	 * allow fall back to GTT.
 	 */
 	if (domain & AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT) {
 		man = ttm_manager_type(&adev->mman.bdev, TTM_PL_TT);
 
-		if (size < man->size)
+		if (man && size < man->size)
 			return true;
-		else
-			goto fail;
-	}
-
-	if (domain & AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM) {
+		else if (!man)
+			WARN_ON_ONCE("GTT domain requested but GTT mem manager uninitialized");
+		goto fail;
+	} else if (domain & AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM) {
 		man = ttm_manager_type(&adev->mman.bdev, TTM_PL_VRAM);
 
-		if (size < man->size)
+		if (man && size < man->size)
 			return true;
-		else
-			goto fail;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
-
 	/* TODO add more domains checks, such as AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_CPU */
 	return true;