diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/display.c
index 8a3f61f5825f0b7bf3d24326b8cdebe4146c4fa2..3b82158b1bfdb325b67ee43278750c54bcf13166 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/display.c
@@ -40,15 +40,6 @@ void omapdss_display_init(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(omapdss_display_init);
 
-struct omap_dss_device *omapdss_display_get(struct omap_dss_device *output)
-{
-	while (output->next)
-		output = output->next;
-
-	return omapdss_device_get(output);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(omapdss_display_get);
-
 int omapdss_display_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector,
 			      const struct videomode *vm)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h
index 2e5453df2293ca1b07bd5f5c536846a69ca53668..315a356fa0c0b2e2b72bce3ee5a89172175b40ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h
@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@ static inline bool omapdss_is_initialized(void)
 }
 
 void omapdss_display_init(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev);
-struct omap_dss_device *omapdss_display_get(struct omap_dss_device *output);
 int omapdss_display_get_modes(struct drm_connector *connector,
 			      const struct videomode *vm);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
index e6a0650305238206e771d57e1b6e54fd8cca7bdb..cdafd7ef1c3206eb7e22e3df3102450471c5728b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
@@ -207,11 +207,12 @@ static int omap_display_id(struct omap_dss_device *output)
 	struct device_node *node = NULL;
 
 	if (output->next) {
-		struct omap_dss_device *display;
+		struct omap_dss_device *display = output;
+
+		while (display->next)
+			display = display->next;
 
-		display = omapdss_display_get(output);
 		node = display->dev->of_node;
-		omapdss_device_put(display);
 	} else if (output->bridge) {
 		struct drm_bridge *bridge = output->bridge;