diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
index ee7e090e27b42e3b4adfef4d93064f8f9e0af80d..b744bcc7d8ad0e3f4548277ea5c587d9832e09d2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
@@ -192,13 +192,14 @@ void __exit msm_dsi_unregister(void)
 int msm_dsi_modeset_init(struct msm_dsi *msm_dsi, struct drm_device *dev,
 			 struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 {
-	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
+	struct msm_drm_private *priv;
 	struct drm_bridge *ext_bridge;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!encoder) || WARN_ON(!msm_dsi) || WARN_ON(!dev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	priv = dev->dev_private;
 	msm_dsi->dev = dev;
 
 	ret = msm_dsi_host_modeset_init(msm_dsi->host, dev);