diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
index 7e6d673f3a23dd5b21086e062fd27906d01bb8cc..d2f63353ea9715f3be342d369e282beec55d86fb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
@@ -88,13 +88,14 @@ nouveau_connector_destroy(struct drm_connector *drm_connector)
 {
 	struct nouveau_connector *nv_connector =
 		nouveau_connector(drm_connector);
-	struct drm_device *dev = nv_connector->base.dev;
-
-	NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "\n");
+	struct drm_device *dev;
 
 	if (!nv_connector)
 		return;
 
+	dev = nv_connector->base.dev;
+	NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "\n");
+
 	kfree(nv_connector->edid);
 	drm_sysfs_connector_remove(drm_connector);
 	drm_connector_cleanup(drm_connector);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
index 6c2cf81716dfc4e4f02aea8fccb4f96d62c176ed..e7c100ba63a16d2d3b45284de22f1073767758de 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_object.c
@@ -885,11 +885,12 @@ int
 nouveau_gpuobj_sw_new(struct nouveau_channel *chan, int class,
 		      struct nouveau_gpuobj **gpuobj_ret)
 {
-	struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv = chan->dev->dev_private;
+	struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv;
 	struct nouveau_gpuobj *gpuobj;
 
 	if (!chan || !gpuobj_ret || *gpuobj_ret != NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	dev_priv = chan->dev->dev_private;
 
 	gpuobj = kzalloc(sizeof(*gpuobj), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!gpuobj)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c
index 4c7f1e403e804633ef086417275e7b48a5f127a2..ed1590577b6c0d73d425be296718b440f756895b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ static void
 nouveau_sgdma_clear(struct ttm_backend *be)
 {
 	struct nouveau_sgdma_be *nvbe = (struct nouveau_sgdma_be *)be;
-	struct drm_device *dev = nvbe->dev;
-
-	NV_DEBUG(nvbe->dev, "\n");
+	struct drm_device *dev;
 
 	if (nvbe && nvbe->pages) {
+		dev = nvbe->dev;
+		NV_DEBUG(dev, "\n");
+
 		if (nvbe->bound)
 			be->func->unbind(be);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_crtc.c
index 40b7360841f883ffc803161e0b4236512f16d215..d1a651e3400cf5273e79dd210486fb96c8e79664 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_crtc.c
@@ -298,14 +298,17 @@ nv50_crtc_set_clock(struct drm_device *dev, int head, int pclk)
 static void
 nv50_crtc_destroy(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
-	struct drm_device *dev = crtc->dev;
-	struct nouveau_crtc *nv_crtc = nouveau_crtc(crtc);
-
-	NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "\n");
+	struct drm_device *dev;
+	struct nouveau_crtc *nv_crtc;
 
 	if (!crtc)
 		return;
 
+	dev = crtc->dev;
+	nv_crtc = nouveau_crtc(crtc);
+
+	NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "\n");
+
 	drm_crtc_cleanup(&nv_crtc->base);
 
 	nv50_cursor_fini(nv_crtc);