diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
index 3f6239c851c6e2f85340543c0f85000b58c2186f..47762bbed2de37b0dece63253b53d5d135796b84 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static void sun6i_dsi_encoder_enable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	phy_configure(dsi->dphy, &opts);
 	phy_power_on(dsi->dphy);
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(dsi->panel))
+	if (dsi->panel)
 		drm_panel_prepare(dsi->panel);
 
 	/*
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ static void sun6i_dsi_encoder_enable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	 * ordering on the panels I've tested it with, so I guess this
 	 * will do for now, until that IP is better understood.
 	 */
-	if (!IS_ERR(dsi->panel))
+	if (dsi->panel)
 		drm_panel_enable(dsi->panel);
 
 	sun6i_dsi_start(dsi, DSI_START_HSC);
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static void sun6i_dsi_encoder_disable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Disabling DSI output\n");
 
-	if (!IS_ERR(dsi->panel)) {
+	if (dsi->panel) {
 		drm_panel_disable(dsi->panel);
 		drm_panel_unprepare(dsi->panel);
 	}
@@ -941,11 +941,13 @@ static int sun6i_dsi_attach(struct mipi_dsi_host *host,
 			    struct mipi_dsi_device *device)
 {
 	struct sun6i_dsi *dsi = host_to_sun6i_dsi(host);
+	struct drm_panel *panel = of_drm_find_panel(device->dev.of_node);
 
+	if (IS_ERR(panel))
+		return PTR_ERR(panel);
+
+	dsi->panel = panel;
 	dsi->device = device;
-	dsi->panel = of_drm_find_panel(device->dev.of_node);
-	if (IS_ERR(dsi->panel))
-		return PTR_ERR(dsi->panel);
 
 	dev_info(host->dev, "Attached device %s\n", device->name);