diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_kms.c
index 5eee3c41d12..8fbbe1c6ebb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_kms.c
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ int radeon_info_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *filp)
  */
 int radeon_driver_firstopen_kms(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
+	struct radeon_device *rdev = dev->dev_private;
+
+	if (rdev->powered_down)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	return 0;
 }