diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
index 59d368ea006b..7d018ff8bc83 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
@@ -249,6 +249,27 @@ int drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge(const struct device_node *np,
 	if (panel)
 		*panel = NULL;
 
+	/**
+	 * Some OF graphs don't require 'ports' to represent the downstream
+	 * panel or bridge; 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' alone or it cannot be a 'port' node too.
+	 */
+	if (!of_get_child_by_name(np, "ports")) {
+		if (of_get_child_by_name(np, "port") && (of_get_child_count(np) == 1))
+			goto of_graph_get_remote;
+
+		for_each_available_child_of_node(np, remote) {
+			if (of_node_name_eq(remote, "port"))
+				continue;
+
+			goto of_find_panel_or_bridge;
+		}
+	}
+
+of_graph_get_remote:
 	/*
 	 * 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,
@@ -259,6 +280,8 @@ int drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge(const struct device_node *np,
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	remote = of_graph_get_remote_node(np, port, endpoint);
+
+of_find_panel_or_bridge:
 	if (!remote)
 		return -ENODEV;