diff --git a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/ipuv3-crtc.c b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/ipuv3-crtc.c
index 4b3a019409b5793632efa538cdcf65e0030f217f..b028b0d1317b8c4d89967c64bd5d5e20cdfa9f35 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/ipuv3-crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/ipuv3-crtc.c
@@ -483,17 +483,6 @@ static int ipu_get_resources(struct ipu_crtc *ipu_crtc,
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
-	ipu_crtc->irq = ipu_idmac_channel_irq(ipu, ipu_crtc->ipu_ch,
-			IPU_IRQ_EOF);
-	ret = devm_request_irq(ipu_crtc->dev, ipu_crtc->irq, ipu_irq_handler, 0,
-			"imx_drm", ipu_crtc);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(ipu_crtc->dev, "irq request failed with %d.\n", ret);
-		goto err_out;
-	}
-
-	disable_irq(ipu_crtc->irq);
-
 	return 0;
 err_out:
 	ipu_put_resources(ipu_crtc);
@@ -504,6 +493,7 @@ static int ipu_get_resources(struct ipu_crtc *ipu_crtc,
 static int ipu_crtc_init(struct ipu_crtc *ipu_crtc,
 		struct ipu_client_platformdata *pdata)
 {
+	struct ipu_soc *ipu = dev_get_drvdata(ipu_crtc->dev->parent);
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = ipu_get_resources(ipu_crtc, pdata);
@@ -522,6 +512,17 @@ static int ipu_crtc_init(struct ipu_crtc *ipu_crtc,
 		goto err_put_resources;
 	}
 
+	ipu_crtc->irq = ipu_idmac_channel_irq(ipu, ipu_crtc->ipu_ch,
+			IPU_IRQ_EOF);
+	ret = devm_request_irq(ipu_crtc->dev, ipu_crtc->irq, ipu_irq_handler, 0,
+			"imx_drm", ipu_crtc);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		dev_err(ipu_crtc->dev, "irq request failed with %d.\n", ret);
+		goto err_put_resources;
+	}
+
+	disable_irq(ipu_crtc->irq);
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_put_resources: