diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c
index 60dfb5666a2506e060467ba8de880e636bc4bbe8..9edb868f8dc1a1bcc9fbc53a2c395bed99666642 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c
@@ -1189,12 +1189,27 @@ static int dw_mipi_dsi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 		goto err_pllref;
 	}
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(dev, dsi);
-
 	dsi->dsi_host.ops = &dw_mipi_dsi_host_ops;
 	dsi->dsi_host.dev = dev;
-	return mipi_dsi_host_register(&dsi->dsi_host);
+	ret = mipi_dsi_host_register(&dsi->dsi_host);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed to register MIPI host: %d\n", ret);
+		goto err_cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (!dsi->panel) {
+		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		goto err_mipi_dsi_host;
+	}
 
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, dsi);
+	return 0;
+
+err_mipi_dsi_host:
+	mipi_dsi_host_unregister(&dsi->dsi_host);
+err_cleanup:
+	drm_encoder_cleanup(&dsi->encoder);
+	drm_connector_cleanup(&dsi->connector);
 err_pllref:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(dsi->pllref_clk);
 	return ret;