diff --git a/src/amdgpu_kms.c b/src/amdgpu_kms.c
index 3280972..6263bd7 100644
--- a/src/amdgpu_kms.c
+++ b/src/amdgpu_kms.c
@@ -2267,6 +2267,12 @@ void AMDGPULeaveVT_KMS(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
 		unsigned w = 0, h = 0;
 		int i;
 
+		/* If we're called from CloseScreen, trying to clear the black
+		 * scanout BO will likely crash and burn
+		 */
+		if (!pScreen->GCperDepth[0])
+			goto hide_cursors;
+
 		/* Compute maximum scanout dimensions of active CRTCs */
 		for (i = 0; i < xf86_config->num_crtc; i++) {
 			crtc = xf86_config->crtc[i];
@@ -2339,8 +2345,10 @@ void AMDGPULeaveVT_KMS(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn)
 		       info->pixel_bytes * pScrn->virtualY);
 	}
 
-	TimerSet(NULL, 0, 1000, cleanup_black_fb, pScreen);
+	if (pScreen->GCperDepth[0])
+		TimerSet(NULL, 0, 1000, cleanup_black_fb, pScreen);
 
+ hide_cursors:
 	xf86_hide_cursors(pScrn);
 
 	amdgpu_drop_drm_master(pScrn);