diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
index a75fcb113172..3f6239c851c6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
 
 #include "sun4i_crtc.h"
-#include "sun4i_drv.h"
 #include "sun4i_tcon.h"
 #include "sun6i_mipi_dsi.h"
 
@@ -1022,15 +1021,12 @@ static int sun6i_dsi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 			 void *data)
 {
 	struct drm_device *drm = data;
-	struct sun4i_drv *drv = drm->dev_private;
 	struct sun6i_dsi *dsi = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!dsi->panel)
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
-	dsi->drv = drv;
-
 	drm_encoder_helper_add(&dsi->encoder,
 			       &sun6i_dsi_enc_helper_funcs);
 	ret = drm_encoder_init(drm,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.h
index 3f4846f581ef..61e88ea6044d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ struct sun6i_dsi {
 	struct phy		*dphy;
 
 	struct device		*dev;
-	struct sun4i_drv	*drv;
 	struct mipi_dsi_device	*device;
 	struct drm_panel	*panel;
 };