diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
index 9e46db5e359c7a16f563476f2528b81d6c77db7b..3c08f9827acf1935efbe0ee0f61c07a6d246cce0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ static int panel_simple_probe(struct device *dev, const struct panel_desc *desc)
 		err = panel_dpi_probe(dev, panel);
 		if (err)
 			goto free_ddc;
+		desc = panel->desc;
 	} else {
 		if (!of_get_display_timing(dev->of_node, "panel-timing", &dt))
 			panel_simple_parse_panel_timing_node(dev, panel, &dt);