diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda998x_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda998x_drv.c
index 0038c976536a..c39f7c36ba24 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda998x_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i2c/tda998x_drv.c
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ static void tda998x_detect_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct tda998x_priv *priv =
 		container_of(work, struct tda998x_priv, detect_work);
-	struct drm_device *dev = priv->encoder.dev;
+	struct drm_device *dev = priv->connector.dev;
 
 	if (dev)
 		drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event(dev);