diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dcss/dcss-kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dcss/dcss-kms.c
index 3633e8f3aff6..50bd7f36d36d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dcss/dcss-kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dcss/dcss-kms.c
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ static int dcss_kms_bridge_connector_init(struct dcss_kms_dev *kms)
 		return PTR_ERR(kms->connector);
 	}
 
-	drm_connector_attach_encoder(kms->connector, encoder);
-
 	return 0;
 }