diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_smp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_smp.c
index 56a3063545ec..12d07e93a4c4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_smp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_smp.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ void mdp5_smp_dump(struct mdp5_smp *smp, struct drm_printer *p)
 
 			drm_printf(p, "%s:%d\t%d\t%s\n",
 				pipe2name(pipe), j, inuse,
-				plane ? plane->name : NULL);
+				plane ? plane->name : "(null)");
 
 			total += inuse;
 		}