diff --git a/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_dev_info.h b/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_dev_info.h
index b925d778bb5..811f9e60336 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_dev_info.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/common/freedreno_dev_info.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -379,6 +380,14 @@ fd_dev_gpu_id(const struct fd_dev_id *id)
 /* Unmodified dev info as defined in freedreno_devices.py */
 const struct fd_dev_info *fd_dev_info_raw(const struct fd_dev_id *id);
 
+/* Helper to check if GPU is known before going any further */
+static inline uint8_t
+fd_dev_is_supported(const struct fd_dev_id *id) {
+   assert(id);
+   assert(id->gpu_id || id->chip_id);
+   return fd_dev_info_raw(id) != NULL;
+}
+
 /* Final dev info with dbg options and everything else applied.  */
 const struct fd_dev_info fd_dev_info(const struct fd_dev_id *id);
 
diff --git a/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_pipe.c b/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_pipe.c
index ab53c55152d..8373488368a 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_pipe.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_pipe.c
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ fd_pipe_new2(struct fd_device *dev, enum fd_pipe_id id, uint32_t prio)
    fd_pipe_get_param(pipe, FD_CHIP_ID, &val);
    pipe->dev_id.chip_id = val;
 
+   if (!fd_dev_is_supported(&pipe->dev_id)) {
+      ERROR_MSG("unsupported GPU id 0x%" PRIx32 " / chip id 0x%" PRIx64,
+                pipe->dev_id.gpu_id,
+                pipe->dev_id.chip_id);
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
    pipe->is_64bit = fd_dev_64b(&pipe->dev_id);
 
    /* Use the _NOSYNC flags because we don't want the control_mem bo to hold