overlay = kzalloc(sizeof(struct intel_overlay), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!overlay)
                return;
+
+       mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+       if (WARN_ON(dev_priv->overlay))
+               goto out_free;
+
        overlay->dev = dev;
 
        reg_bo = i915_gem_alloc_object(dev, PAGE_SIZE);
                goto out_free;
        overlay->reg_bo = reg_bo;
 
-       mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-
        if (OVERLAY_NEEDS_PHYSICAL(dev)) {
                ret = i915_gem_attach_phys_object(dev, reg_bo,
                                                  I915_GEM_PHYS_OVERLAY_REGS,
                 }
        }
 
-       mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-
        /* init all values */
        overlay->color_key = 0x0101fe;
        overlay->brightness = -19;
 
        regs = intel_overlay_map_regs(overlay);
        if (!regs)
-               goto out_free_bo;
+               goto out_unpin_bo;
 
        memset(regs, 0, sizeof(struct overlay_registers));
        update_polyphase_filter(regs);
        intel_overlay_unmap_regs(overlay, regs);
 
        dev_priv->overlay = overlay;
+       mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
        DRM_INFO("initialized overlay support\n");
        return;
 
 out_unpin_bo:
-       i915_gem_object_unpin(reg_bo);
+       if (!OVERLAY_NEEDS_PHYSICAL(dev))
+               i915_gem_object_unpin(reg_bo);
 out_free_bo:
        drm_gem_object_unreference(®_bo->base);
-       mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 out_free:
+       mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
        kfree(overlay);
        return;
 }