diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
index 59d368ea006b..1c4cb809d7bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
@@ -249,18 +249,34 @@ int drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge(const struct device_node *np,
 	if (panel)
 		*panel = NULL;
 
-	/*
-	 * of_graph_get_remote_node() produces a noisy error message if port
-	 * node isn't found and the absence of the port is a legit case here,
-	 * so at first we silently check whether graph presents in the
-	 * device-tree node.
+	/**
+	 * Some OF graphs don't require 'ports' to represent the next output
+	 * instead, it simply adds a child node on a given parent node.
+	 * Lookup that child node for a given parent however that child
+	 * cannot be a 'port'.
+	 *
+	 * Add precedence to lookup non port child as of_graph_get_remote_node()
+	 * returns valid even if OF graph has 'port' but that OF graph remote
+	 * node is not register panel or bridge.
 	 */
-	if (!of_graph_is_present(np))
-		return -ENODEV;
+	if (!of_get_child_by_name(np, "ports")) {
+		remote = of_get_non_port_child(np);
+		if (!remote)
+			return -ENODEV;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * of_graph_get_remote_node() produces a noisy error message if port
+		 * node isn't found and the absence of the port is a legit case here,
+		 * so at first we silently check whether graph presents in the
+		 * device-tree node.
+		 */
+		if (!of_graph_is_present(np))
+			return -ENODEV;
 
-	remote = of_graph_get_remote_node(np, port, endpoint);
-	if (!remote)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		remote = of_graph_get_remote_node(np, port, endpoint);
+		if (!remote)
+			return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	if (panel) {
 		*panel = of_drm_find_panel(remote);