diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c
index 92ecc967dcb1e92383ef1b96a5f38b7b2afef345..41bc0f860f5c0d68be8c719adfb112066e5d8af9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ struct sun4i_layer **sun4i_layers_init(struct drm_device *drm)
 				   SUN4I_BACKEND_ATTCTL_REG0_LAY_PIPESEL(plane->pipe));
 
 		layer->id = i;
+		layers[i] = layer;
 	};
 
 	return layers;