diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.h
index b4efcbabf7f726f6e790400a15dc57127f6b341d..d034b2cb5eee30ee0b1b2fc44d1b010c01263787 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.h
@@ -372,9 +372,18 @@ struct adv7511 {
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_I2C_ADV7511_CEC
-int adv7511_cec_init(struct device *dev, struct adv7511 *adv7511,
-		     unsigned int offset);
+int adv7511_cec_init(struct device *dev, struct adv7511 *adv7511);
 void adv7511_cec_irq_process(struct adv7511 *adv7511, unsigned int irq1);
+#else
+static inline int adv7511_cec_init(struct device *dev, struct adv7511 *adv7511)
+{
+	unsigned int offset = adv7511->type == ADV7533 ?
+						ADV7533_REG_CEC_OFFSET : 0;
+
+	regmap_write(adv7511->regmap, ADV7511_REG_CEC_CTRL + offset,
+		     ADV7511_CEC_CTRL_POWER_DOWN);
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_I2C_ADV7533
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_cec.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_cec.c
index b33d730e4d7366880574e345670bb8e9c3bb3e8b..a20a45c0b353f18eb9d2af13f2a5d707e7b1fc5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_cec.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_cec.c
@@ -300,18 +300,21 @@ static int adv7511_cec_parse_dt(struct device *dev, struct adv7511 *adv7511)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int adv7511_cec_init(struct device *dev, struct adv7511 *adv7511,
-		     unsigned int offset)
+int adv7511_cec_init(struct device *dev, struct adv7511 *adv7511)
 {
+	unsigned int offset = adv7511->type == ADV7533 ?
+						ADV7533_REG_CEC_OFFSET : 0;
 	int ret = adv7511_cec_parse_dt(dev, adv7511);
 
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto err_cec_parse_dt;
 
 	adv7511->cec_adap = cec_allocate_adapter(&adv7511_cec_adap_ops,
 		adv7511, dev_name(dev), CEC_CAP_DEFAULTS, ADV7511_MAX_ADDRS);
-	if (IS_ERR(adv7511->cec_adap))
-		return PTR_ERR(adv7511->cec_adap);
+	if (IS_ERR(adv7511->cec_adap)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(adv7511->cec_adap);
+		goto err_cec_alloc;
+	}
 
 	regmap_write(adv7511->regmap, ADV7511_REG_CEC_CTRL + offset, 0);
 	/* cec soft reset */
@@ -329,9 +332,18 @@ int adv7511_cec_init(struct device *dev, struct adv7511 *adv7511,
 		     ((adv7511->cec_clk_freq / 750000) - 1) << 2);
 
 	ret = cec_register_adapter(adv7511->cec_adap, dev);
-	if (ret) {
-		cec_delete_adapter(adv7511->cec_adap);
-		adv7511->cec_adap = NULL;
-	}
-	return ret;
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_cec_register;
+	return 0;
+
+err_cec_register:
+	cec_delete_adapter(adv7511->cec_adap);
+	adv7511->cec_adap = NULL;
+err_cec_alloc:
+	dev_info(dev, "Initializing CEC failed with error %d, disabling CEC\n",
+		 ret);
+err_cec_parse_dt:
+	regmap_write(adv7511->regmap, ADV7511_REG_CEC_CTRL + offset,
+		     ADV7511_CEC_CTRL_POWER_DOWN);
+	return ret == -EPROBE_DEFER ? ret : 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
index 0e14f1572d0593452d494a75dd712f7fb194d740..efa29db5fc2b7eeff375d2f6cdafce9340fd6301 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,6 @@ static int adv7511_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 	struct device *dev = &i2c->dev;
 	unsigned int main_i2c_addr = i2c->addr << 1;
 	unsigned int edid_i2c_addr = main_i2c_addr + 4;
-	unsigned int offset;
 	unsigned int val;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1192,24 +1191,16 @@ static int adv7511_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 	if (adv7511->type == ADV7511)
 		adv7511_set_link_config(adv7511, &link_config);
 
+	ret = adv7511_cec_init(dev, adv7511);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_unregister_cec;
+
 	adv7511->bridge.funcs = &adv7511_bridge_funcs;
 	adv7511->bridge.of_node = dev->of_node;
 
 	drm_bridge_add(&adv7511->bridge);
 
 	adv7511_audio_init(dev, adv7511);
-
-	offset = adv7511->type == ADV7533 ? ADV7533_REG_CEC_OFFSET : 0;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_DRM_I2C_ADV7511_CEC
-	ret = adv7511_cec_init(dev, adv7511, offset);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_unregister_cec;
-#else
-	regmap_write(adv7511->regmap, ADV7511_REG_CEC_CTRL + offset,
-		     ADV7511_CEC_CTRL_POWER_DOWN);
-#endif
-
 	return 0;
 
 err_unregister_cec: