diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 0b218285c2c1..b201a214279e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,11 @@ static void ivb_pipe_crc_update(struct drm_device *dev, enum pipe pipe)
 	struct intel_pipe_crc_entry *entry;
 	int head, tail;
 
+	if (!pipe_crc->entries) {
+		DRM_ERROR("spurious interrupt\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	head = atomic_read(&pipe_crc->head);
 	tail = atomic_read(&pipe_crc->tail);