diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/displays-new/encoder-tfp410.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/displays-new/encoder-tfp410.c
index 47ee7cdee1c5..e349064ed615 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/displays-new/encoder-tfp410.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/displays-new/encoder-tfp410.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ static int tfp410_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dssdev->output_type = OMAP_DISPLAY_TYPE_DVI;
 	dssdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	dssdev->phy.dpi.data_lines = ddata->data_lines;
+	dssdev->port_num = 1;
 
 	r = omapdss_register_output(dssdev);
 	if (r) {
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/displays-new/encoder-tpd12s015.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/displays-new/encoder-tpd12s015.c
index c4abd56dd846..1891967b650c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/displays-new/encoder-tpd12s015.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/displays-new/encoder-tpd12s015.c
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ static int tpd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dssdev->type = OMAP_DISPLAY_TYPE_HDMI;
 	dssdev->output_type = OMAP_DISPLAY_TYPE_HDMI;
 	dssdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
+	dssdev->port_num = 1;
 
 	in = ddata->in;
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dss-of.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dss-of.c
index a4b20aaf6142..928ee639c0c1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dss-of.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dss-of.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include <video/omapdss.h>
 
+#include "dss.h"
+
 struct device_node *
 omapdss_of_get_next_port(const struct device_node *parent,
 			 struct device_node *prev)
@@ -84,20 +86,17 @@ omapdss_of_get_next_endpoint(const struct device_node *parent,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(omapdss_of_get_next_endpoint);
 
-static struct device_node *
-omapdss_of_get_remote_device_node(const struct device_node *node)
+struct device_node *dss_of_port_get_parent_device(struct device_node *port)
 {
 	struct device_node *np;
 	int i;
 
-	np = of_parse_phandle(node, "remote-endpoint", 0);
-
-	if (!np)
+	if (!port)
 		return NULL;
 
-	np = of_get_next_parent(np);
+	np = of_get_next_parent(port);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 3 && np; ++i) {
+	for (i = 0; i < 2 && np; ++i) {
 		struct property *prop;
 
 		prop = of_find_property(np, "compatible", NULL);
@@ -111,6 +110,31 @@ omapdss_of_get_remote_device_node(const struct device_node *node)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+u32 dss_of_port_get_port_number(struct device_node *port)
+{
+	int r;
+	u32 reg;
+
+	r = of_property_read_u32(port, "reg", &reg);
+	if (r)
+		reg = 0;
+
+	return reg;
+}
+
+static struct device_node *omapdss_of_get_remote_port(const struct device_node *node)
+{
+	struct device_node *np;
+
+	np = of_parse_phandle(node, "remote-endpoint", 0);
+	if (!np)
+		return NULL;
+
+	np = of_get_next_parent(np);
+
+	return np;
+}
+
 struct device_node *
 omapdss_of_get_first_endpoint(const struct device_node *parent)
 {
@@ -133,27 +157,25 @@ struct omap_dss_device *
 omapdss_of_find_source_for_first_ep(struct device_node *node)
 {
 	struct device_node *ep;
-	struct device_node *src_node;
+	struct device_node *src_port;
 	struct omap_dss_device *src;
 
 	ep = omapdss_of_get_first_endpoint(node);
 	if (!ep)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	src_node = omapdss_of_get_remote_device_node(ep);
+	src_port = omapdss_of_get_remote_port(ep);
+	if (!src_port) {
+		of_node_put(ep);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
 
 	of_node_put(ep);
 
-	if (!src_node)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	src = omap_dss_find_output_by_port_node(src_port);
 
-	src = omap_dss_find_output_by_node(src_node);
+	of_node_put(src_port);
 
-	of_node_put(src_node);
-
-	if (!src)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
-
-	return src;
+	return src ? src : ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(omapdss_of_find_source_for_first_ep);
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dss.h b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dss.h
index da4de14aaf17..6f346bf518b5 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dss.h
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/dss.h
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ enum dss_hdmi_venc_clk_source_select dss_get_hdmi_venc_clk_source(void);
 const char *dss_get_generic_clk_source_name(enum omap_dss_clk_source clk_src);
 void dss_dump_clocks(struct seq_file *s);
 
+/* dss-of */
+struct device_node *dss_of_port_get_parent_device(struct device_node *port);
+u32 dss_of_port_get_port_number(struct device_node *port);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_OMAP2_DSS_DEBUGFS)
 void dss_debug_dump_clocks(struct seq_file *s);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/output.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/output.c
index 2ab3afa615e8..16072159bd24 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/output.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/output.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
 
 #include <video/omapdss.h>
 
@@ -131,18 +132,30 @@ struct omap_dss_device *omap_dss_find_output(const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(omap_dss_find_output);
 
-struct omap_dss_device *omap_dss_find_output_by_node(struct device_node *node)
+struct omap_dss_device *omap_dss_find_output_by_port_node(struct device_node *port)
 {
+	struct device_node *src_node;
 	struct omap_dss_device *out;
+	u32 reg;
+
+	src_node = dss_of_port_get_parent_device(port);
+	if (!src_node)
+		return NULL;
+
+	reg = dss_of_port_get_port_number(port);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(out, &output_list, list) {
-		if (out->dev->of_node == node)
+		if (out->dev->of_node == src_node && out->port_num == reg) {
+			of_node_put(src_node);
 			return omap_dss_get_device(out);
+		}
 	}
 
+	of_node_put(src_node);
+
 	return NULL;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(omap_dss_find_output_by_node);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(omap_dss_find_output_by_port_node);
 
 struct omap_dss_device *omapdss_find_output_from_display(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
 {
diff --git a/include/video/omapdss.h b/include/video/omapdss.h
index 069dfca9549a..1db32023396e 100644
--- a/include/video/omapdss.h
+++ b/include/video/omapdss.h
@@ -795,6 +795,9 @@ struct omap_dss_device {
 	/* output instance */
 	enum omap_dss_output_id id;
 
+	/* the port number in the DT node */
+	int port_num;
+
 	/* dynamic fields */
 	struct omap_overlay_manager *manager;
 
@@ -918,7 +921,7 @@ int omapdss_register_output(struct omap_dss_device *output);
 void omapdss_unregister_output(struct omap_dss_device *output);
 struct omap_dss_device *omap_dss_get_output(enum omap_dss_output_id id);
 struct omap_dss_device *omap_dss_find_output(const char *name);
-struct omap_dss_device *omap_dss_find_output_by_node(struct device_node *node);
+struct omap_dss_device *omap_dss_find_output_by_port_node(struct device_node *port);
 int omapdss_output_set_device(struct omap_dss_device *out,
 		struct omap_dss_device *dssdev);
 int omapdss_output_unset_device(struct omap_dss_device *out);