diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
index 8d6292c0158b..a8d3df0ea8f5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@ static int sun6i_dsi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 	struct drm_device *drm = data;
 	struct sun4i_drv *drv = drm->dev_private;
 	struct sun6i_dsi *dsi = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct sun4i_tcon *tcon0 = sun4i_get_tcon0(drm);
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!dsi->panel)
@@ -1052,6 +1053,11 @@ static int sun6i_dsi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 
 	dsi->drv = drv;
 
+	if (!tcon0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dsi->tcon = tcon0;
+
 	drm_encoder_helper_add(&dsi->encoder,
 			       &sun6i_dsi_enc_helper_funcs);
 	ret = drm_encoder_init(drm,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.h
index 5c3ad5be0690..20516f7ab179 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct sun6i_dsi {
 
 	struct device		*dev;
 	struct sun4i_drv	*drv;
+	struct sun4i_tcon	*tcon;
 	struct mipi_dsi_device	*device;
 	struct drm_panel	*panel;
 };