diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
index 0da9862ad8ed928e23a6a1e089551967ad5273e8..70e9fd59c5a24650f7e89f2db5d1a780cc2683d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ static int sun4i_drv_bind(struct device *dev)
 
 	/* Create our layers */
 	drv->layers = sun4i_layers_init(drm);
-	if (!drv->layers) {
+	if (IS_ERR(drv->layers)) {
 		dev_err(drm->dev, "Couldn't create the planes\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(drv->layers);
 		goto free_drm;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_rgb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_rgb.c
index c3ff10f559cc4811755f764d6ebbfd999a8ee7e9..d198ad7e53234794b0e78933ff395b38b90cfd59 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_rgb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_rgb.c
@@ -152,15 +152,13 @@ static void sun4i_rgb_encoder_enable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Enabling RGB output\n");
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(tcon->panel)) {
+	if (!IS_ERR(tcon->panel))
 		drm_panel_prepare(tcon->panel);
-		drm_panel_enable(tcon->panel);
-	}
-
-	/* encoder->bridge can be NULL; drm_bridge_enable checks for it */
-	drm_bridge_enable(encoder->bridge);
 
 	sun4i_tcon_channel_enable(tcon, 0);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(tcon->panel))
+		drm_panel_enable(tcon->panel);
 }
 
 static void sun4i_rgb_encoder_disable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
@@ -171,15 +169,13 @@ static void sun4i_rgb_encoder_disable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Disabling RGB output\n");
 
-	sun4i_tcon_channel_disable(tcon, 0);
+	if (!IS_ERR(tcon->panel))
+		drm_panel_disable(tcon->panel);
 
-	/* encoder->bridge can be NULL; drm_bridge_disable checks for it */
-	drm_bridge_disable(encoder->bridge);
+	sun4i_tcon_channel_disable(tcon, 0);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(tcon->panel)) {
-		drm_panel_disable(tcon->panel);
+	if (!IS_ERR(tcon->panel))
 		drm_panel_unprepare(tcon->panel);
-	}
 }
 
 static void sun4i_rgb_encoder_mode_set(struct drm_encoder *encoder,