diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
index 627048851d99c..7e364b9c9f9e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ static int dsi_get_phy(struct msm_dsi *msm_dsi)
 	}
 
 	phy_pdev = of_find_device_by_node(phy_node);
-	if (phy_pdev)
+	if (phy_pdev) {
 		msm_dsi->phy = platform_get_drvdata(phy_pdev);
+		msm_dsi->phy_dev = &phy_pdev->dev;
+	}
 
 	of_node_put(phy_node);
 
@@ -36,8 +38,6 @@ static int dsi_get_phy(struct msm_dsi *msm_dsi)
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 	}
 
-	msm_dsi->phy_dev = get_device(&phy_pdev->dev);
-
 	return 0;
 }