diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c
index 1616af209bfcf89f9890b2d7a52a19c677f2802d..c50534c923df66014e26e7a634a45aa43d06be5e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int __read_panel_data(struct mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender *sender, u8 data_type,
 			u8 *data, u16 len, u32 *data_out, u16 len_out, bool hs)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct drm_device *dev = sender->dev;
+	struct drm_device *dev;
 	int i;
 	u32 gen_data_reg;
 	int retry = MDFLD_DSI_READ_MAX_COUNT;
@@ -530,6 +530,8 @@ static int __read_panel_data(struct mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender *sender, u8 data_type,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	dev = sender->dev;
+
 	/**
 	 * do reading.
 	 * 0) send out generic read request