diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/edp/edp_ctrl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/edp/edp_ctrl.c
index 0d9657cc70db..937b4abb1552 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/edp/edp_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/edp/edp_ctrl.c
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ void msm_edp_ctrl_power(struct edp_ctrl *ctrl, bool on)
 int msm_edp_ctrl_init(struct msm_edp *edp)
 {
 	struct edp_ctrl *ctrl = NULL;
-	struct device *dev = &edp->pdev->dev;
+	struct device *dev;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!edp) {
@@ -1124,6 +1124,7 @@ int msm_edp_ctrl_init(struct msm_edp *edp)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	dev = &edp->pdev->dev;
 	ctrl = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*ctrl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctrl)
 		return -ENOMEM;