diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it6505.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it6505.c
index dfe4351c9bdd..99123eec4551 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it6505.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ite-it6505.c
@@ -2860,10 +2860,7 @@ static int it6505_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 	}
 
 	/* Register aux channel */
-	it6505->aux.name = "DP-AUX";
-	it6505->aux.dev = dev;
 	it6505->aux.drm_dev = bridge->dev;
-	it6505->aux.transfer = it6505_aux_transfer;
 
 	ret = drm_dp_aux_register(&it6505->aux);
 
@@ -3316,6 +3313,11 @@ static int it6505_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	DRM_DEV_DEBUG_DRIVER(dev, "it6505 device name: %s", dev_name(dev));
 	debugfs_init(it6505);
 
+	it6505->aux.name = "DP-AUX";
+	it6505->aux.dev = dev;
+	it6505->aux.transfer = it6505_aux_transfer;
+	drm_dp_aux_init(&it6505->aux);
+
 	it6505->bridge.funcs = &it6505_bridge_funcs;
 	it6505->bridge.type = DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DisplayPort;
 	it6505->bridge.ops = DRM_BRIDGE_OP_DETECT | DRM_BRIDGE_OP_EDID |