}
 
 /* return holding the reference to this object */
-static struct qxl_bo *qxlhw_handle_to_bo(struct qxl_device *qdev,
-                                        struct drm_file *file_priv, uint64_t handle,
-                                        struct qxl_release *release)
+static int qxlhw_handle_to_bo(struct qxl_device *qdev,
+                             struct drm_file *file_priv, uint64_t handle,
+                             struct qxl_release *release, struct qxl_bo **qbo_p)
 {
        struct drm_gem_object *gobj;
        struct qxl_bo *qobj;
 
        gobj = drm_gem_object_lookup(qdev->ddev, file_priv, handle);
        if (!gobj)
-               return NULL;
+               return -EINVAL;
 
        qobj = gem_to_qxl_bo(gobj);
 
        ret = qxl_release_list_add(release, qobj);
        drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(gobj);
        if (ret)
-               return NULL;
+               return ret;
 
-       return qobj;
+       *qbo_p = qobj;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /*
                reloc_info[i].type = reloc.reloc_type;
 
                if (reloc.dst_handle) {
-                       reloc_info[i].dst_bo = qxlhw_handle_to_bo(qdev, file_priv,
-                                                                 reloc.dst_handle, release);
-                       if (!reloc_info[i].dst_bo) {
-                               ret = -EINVAL;
-                               reloc_info[i].src_bo = NULL;
+                       ret = qxlhw_handle_to_bo(qdev, file_priv, reloc.dst_handle, release,
+                                                &reloc_info[i].dst_bo);
+                       if (ret)
                                goto out_free_bos;
-                       }
                        reloc_info[i].dst_offset = reloc.dst_offset;
                } else {
                        reloc_info[i].dst_bo = cmd_bo;
                num_relocs++;
 
                /* reserve and validate the reloc dst bo */
-               if (reloc.reloc_type == QXL_RELOC_TYPE_BO || reloc.src_handle > 0) {
-                       reloc_info[i].src_bo =
-                               qxlhw_handle_to_bo(qdev, file_priv,
-                                                  reloc.src_handle, release);
-                       if (!reloc_info[i].src_bo) {
-                               ret = -EINVAL;
+               if (reloc.reloc_type == QXL_RELOC_TYPE_BO || reloc.src_handle) {
+                       ret = qxlhw_handle_to_bo(qdev, file_priv, reloc.src_handle, release,
+                                                &reloc_info[i].src_bo);
+                       if (ret)
                                goto out_free_bos;
-                       }
                        reloc_info[i].src_offset = reloc.src_offset;
                } else {
                        reloc_info[i].src_bo = NULL;