diff --git a/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c b/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c
index e5070b374276b2217e18da6f61496770cd6d8ae9..6b32a288714f5eadd8652f04f58c87bf07439f6e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/cec/cec-core.c
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ int cec_register_adapter(struct cec_adapter *adap,
 	adap->devnode.dev.parent = parent;
 
 #if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_RC_CORE)
-	adap->rc->dev.parent = parent;
 	if (adap->capabilities & CEC_CAP_RC) {
+		adap->rc->dev.parent = parent;
 		res = rc_register_device(adap->rc);
 
 		if (res) {