diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
index 7c142bfc3bd9de9556621db3e7f570dc0a4fab3a..b6de91134a225b1747b07f845906fc7da1a534f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
@@ -235,17 +235,19 @@ static int __init vkms_init(void)
 	if (!config)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	default_config = config;
-
 	config->cursor = enable_cursor;
 	config->writeback = enable_writeback;
 	config->overlay = enable_overlay;
 
 	ret = vkms_create(config);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		kfree(config);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
-	return ret;
+	default_config = config;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void vkms_destroy(struct vkms_config *config)
@@ -269,9 +271,10 @@ static void vkms_destroy(struct vkms_config *config)
 
 static void __exit vkms_exit(void)
 {
-	if (default_config->dev)
-		vkms_destroy(default_config);
+	if (!default_config)
+		return;
 
+	vkms_destroy(default_config);
 	kfree(default_config);
 }