diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c
index 5c5315ba129b705b4af0c6b9f8af38e217e922cd..89a8698cd6ed2aa9b4c99c17d826b9350522ea5a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/devices.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "mux.h"
 #include "control.h"
 #include "devices.h"
+#include "display.h"
 
 #define L3_MODULES_MAX_LEN 12
 #define L3_MODULES 3
@@ -466,13 +467,13 @@ static struct platform_device omap_vout_device = {
 	.resource 	= &omap_vout_resource[0],
 	.id		= -1,
 };
-static void omap_init_vout(void)
+
+int __init omap_init_vout(void)
 {
-	if (platform_device_register(&omap_vout_device) < 0)
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to register OMAP-VOUT device\n");
+	return platform_device_register(&omap_vout_device);
 }
 #else
-static inline void omap_init_vout(void) {}
+int __init omap_init_vout(void) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WL12XX)
@@ -536,7 +537,6 @@ static int __init omap2_init_devices(void)
 		omap_init_wl12xx_of();
 	}
 	omap_init_sti();
-	omap_init_vout();
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c
index fb66e5ae56ade8e486e449f5d9aa3692e0414608..a4e536b11ec9a997d8e640ff44745e6759c031fa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c
@@ -437,6 +437,13 @@ int __init omap_display_init(struct omap_dss_board_info *board_data)
 		return r;
 	}
 
+	/* create V4L2 display device */
+	r = omap_init_vout();
+	if (r < 0) {
+		pr_err("Unable to register omap_vout device\n");
+		return r;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.h
index bc7af40759145caf1b356e5129ab43469ebe741c..f3d2ce4bc262350420d8ff57eb4805d2894ff87a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.h
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ struct omap_dss_dispc_dev_attr {
 int omap_init_drm(void);
 int omap_init_vrfb(void);
 int omap_init_fb(void);
+int omap_init_vout(void);
 #endif