diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_panel.c
index 2134bb20fbe9d169c6f238ae57cc2685c6e17ea9..ad7a0e8ea5f42a3eb47a0cb0f86d329cd8a47572 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_panel.c
@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ static struct drm_connector *panel_connector_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
-	drm_connector_register(connector);
-
 	return connector;
 
 fail:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_tfp410.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_tfp410.c
index 458043a539959ec08a867aaf98ea4274f78b6693..aabfad882e2395daa8cbb9d52f6f951367bbffbd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_tfp410.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_tfp410.c
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ static struct drm_connector *tfp410_connector_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
-	drm_connector_register(connector);
-
 	return connector;
 
 fail: