diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
index 66f2ea3d42fc..6cd6934c8c9f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
@@ -1336,6 +1336,7 @@ int msm_dp_modeset_init(struct msm_dp *dp_display, struct drm_device *dev,
 			struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 {
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv;
+	struct dp_display_private *dp_priv;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!encoder) || WARN_ON(!dp_display) || WARN_ON(!dev))
@@ -1344,6 +1345,8 @@ int msm_dp_modeset_init(struct msm_dp *dp_display, struct drm_device *dev,
 	priv = dev->dev_private;
 	dp_display->drm_dev = dev;
 
+	dp_priv = container_of(dp_display, struct dp_display_private, dp_display);
+
 	ret = dp_display_request_irq(dp_display);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_ERROR("request_irq failed, ret=%d\n", ret);
@@ -1361,6 +1364,8 @@ int msm_dp_modeset_init(struct msm_dp *dp_display, struct drm_device *dev,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	dp_priv->panel->connector = dp_display->connector;
+
 	priv->connectors[priv->num_connectors++] = dp_display->connector;
 	return 0;
 }