diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/printk.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/printk.c
index 1060e3a173fe8ba304b79dc926212258fcef935b..81f5596926249aa5b800ca0cb8da53bccccea853 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/printk.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/printk.c
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ nv_printk_(struct nouveau_object *object, int level, const char *fmt, ...)
 		struct nouveau_object *subdev;
 		char obuf[64], *ofmt = "";
 
-		subdev = object;
-		while (subdev && !nv_iclass(subdev, NV_SUBDEV_CLASS))
-			subdev = subdev->parent;
-		if (!subdev)
+		if (object->engine == NULL) {
+			subdev = object;
+			while (subdev && !nv_iclass(subdev, NV_SUBDEV_CLASS))
+				subdev = subdev->parent;
+		} else {
 			subdev = object->engine;
+		}
 
 		device = subdev;
 		if (device->parent)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/base.c
index 7c0cbcde7b2f344b8dc05d6a6a2d2e12d858be74..0a6abc23f85d4825934f7fe9fed05642e2b607d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/base.c
@@ -512,9 +512,10 @@ struct nouveau_device *
 nv_device(void *obj)
 {
 	struct nouveau_object *device = nv_object(obj);
-	while (device && device->parent)
-		device = device->parent;
-	if (!nv_iclass(device, NV_ENGINE_CLASS)) {
+	if (device->engine == NULL) {
+		while (device && device->parent)
+			device = device->parent;
+	} else {
 		device = nv_object(obj)->engine;
 		if (device && device->parent)
 			device = device->parent;