vgdev->capsets[i].id > 0, 5 * HZ);
                if (ret == 0) {
                        DRM_ERROR("timed out waiting for cap set %d\n", i);
+                       spin_lock(&vgdev->display_info_lock);
                        kfree(vgdev->capsets);
                        vgdev->capsets = NULL;
+                       spin_unlock(&vgdev->display_info_lock);
                        return;
                }
                DRM_INFO("cap set %d: id %d, max-version %d, max-size %d\n",
 
        int i = le32_to_cpu(cmd->capset_index);
 
        spin_lock(&vgdev->display_info_lock);
-       vgdev->capsets[i].id = le32_to_cpu(resp->capset_id);
-       vgdev->capsets[i].max_version = le32_to_cpu(resp->capset_max_version);
-       vgdev->capsets[i].max_size = le32_to_cpu(resp->capset_max_size);
+       if (vgdev->capsets) {
+               vgdev->capsets[i].id = le32_to_cpu(resp->capset_id);
+               vgdev->capsets[i].max_version = le32_to_cpu(resp->capset_max_version);
+               vgdev->capsets[i].max_size = le32_to_cpu(resp->capset_max_size);
+       } else {
+               DRM_ERROR("invalid capset memory.");
+       }
        spin_unlock(&vgdev->display_info_lock);
        wake_up(&vgdev->resp_wq);
 }