diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c
index 68abc0b195be..158c1d2be2b1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_devcoredump.c
@@ -62,16 +62,19 @@ static ssize_t xe_devcoredump_read(char *buffer, loff_t offset,
 				   size_t count, void *data, size_t datalen)
 {
 	struct xe_devcoredump *coredump = data;
+	struct xe_device *xe;
 	struct xe_devcoredump_snapshot *ss;
 	struct drm_printer p;
 	struct drm_print_iterator iter;
 	struct timespec64 ts;
 	int i;
 
-	/* Our device is gone already... */
-	if (!data || !coredump_to_xe(coredump))
+	if (!coredump)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	xe = coredump_to_xe(coredump);
+	ss = &coredump->snapshot;
+
 	iter.data = buffer;
 	iter.offset = 0;
 	iter.start = offset;