diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx8-mipi-csi2-sam.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx8-mipi-csi2-sam.c
index 2ffe65a96724..e513803e4f14 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx8-mipi-csi2-sam.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx8-mipi-csi2-sam.c
@@ -657,7 +657,8 @@ static void mipi_csis_phy_reset_mx8mn(struct csi_state *state)
 	usleep_range(10, 20);
 
 	/* temporary place */
-	regmap_write(state->mix_gpr, 0x138, 0x8d8360);
+	if (state->mix_gpr)
+		regmap_write(state->mix_gpr, 0x138, 0x8d8360);
 }
 
 static void mipi_csis_system_enable(struct csi_state *state, int on)
@@ -1578,11 +1579,10 @@ static int mipi_csis_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	state->mix_gpr = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(dev->of_node, "gpr");
 	if (IS_ERR(state->mix_gpr)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "failed to get mix gpr\n");
-		return PTR_ERR(state->mix_gpr);
+		dev_warn(dev, "failed to get mix gpr\n");
+		state->mix_gpr = NULL;
 	}
 
-
 	mem_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	state->regs = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, mem_res);
 	if (IS_ERR(state->regs))