diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 7350161a3ed0..9c6d9ff7a1fc 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc,
 
 	/* Initialise vdev subdevice */
 	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "vdev%dbuffer", rvdev->index);
-	rvdev->dev.parent = rproc->dev.parent;
+	rvdev->dev.parent = &rproc->dev;
 	rvdev->dev.dma_pfn_offset = rproc->dev.parent->dma_pfn_offset;
 	rvdev->dev.release = rproc_rvdev_release;
 	dev_set_name(&rvdev->dev, "%s#%s", dev_name(rvdev->dev.parent), name);