diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_drm.c
index fd6443d2b6ce..333fce3d44ed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_drm.c
@@ -376,7 +376,5 @@ struct drm_connector *msm_dp_drm_connector_init(struct msm_dp *msm_dp_display,
 	if (!msm_dp_display->is_edp)
 		drm_connector_attach_dp_subconnector_property(connector);
 
-	drm_connector_attach_encoder(connector, encoder);
-
 	return connector;
 }