diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/rockchip-dp-phy.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/rockchip-dp-phy.txt
index 50c4f9b00adf..e3b4809fbe82 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/rockchip-dp-phy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/rockchip-dp-phy.txt
@@ -8,15 +8,19 @@ Required properties:
 	of memory mapped region.
 - clock-names: from common clock binding:
 	Required elements: "24m"
-- rockchip,grf: phandle to the syscon managing the "general register files"
 - #phy-cells : from the generic PHY bindings, must be 0;
 
 Example:
 
-edp_phy: edp-phy {
-	compatible = "rockchip,rk3288-dp-phy";
-	rockchip,grf = <&grf>;
-	clocks = <&cru SCLK_EDP_24M>;
-	clock-names = "24m";
-	#phy-cells = <0>;
+grf: syscon@ff770000 {
+	compatible = "rockchip,rk3288-grf", "syscon", "simple-mfd";
+
+...
+
+	edp_phy: edp-phy {
+		compatible = "rockchip,rk3288-dp-phy";
+		clocks = <&cru SCLK_EDP_24M>;
+		clock-names = "24m";
+		#phy-cells = <0>;
+	};
 };
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-rockchip-dp.c b/drivers/phy/phy-rockchip-dp.c
index 77e2d02e6bee..793ecb6d87bc 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-rockchip-dp.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-rockchip-dp.c
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ static int rockchip_dp_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!np)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (!dev->parent || !dev->parent->of_node)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	dp = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*dp), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (IS_ERR(dp))
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -104,9 +107,9 @@ static int rockchip_dp_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	dp->grf = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(np, "rockchip,grf");
+	dp->grf = syscon_node_to_regmap(dev->parent->of_node);
 	if (IS_ERR(dp->grf)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "rk3288-dp needs rockchip,grf property\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "rk3288-dp needs the General Register Files syscon\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(dp->grf);
 	}