diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/va/postproc.c b/src/gallium/frontends/va/postproc.c
index 50efd55c43a..8e04f5d35a4 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/va/postproc.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/va/postproc.c
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ vlVaHandleVAProcPipelineParameterBufferType(vlVaDriver *drv, vlVaContext *contex
          return VA_STATUS_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
 
       dst_surface = handle_table_get(drv->htab, param->additional_outputs[0]);
+      if (!dst_surface)
+         return VA_STATUS_ERROR_INVALID_SURFACE;
    }
 
    src_region = vlVaRegionDefault(param->surface_region, src_surface, &def_src_region);