diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/hdmi.c
index 0adcd4244a42..10f02f35c866 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/hdmi.c
@@ -1576,8 +1576,6 @@ static int tegra_hdmi_init(struct host1x_client *client)
 				connector);
 			return PTR_ERR(connector);
 		}
-
-		drm_connector_attach_encoder(connector, &hdmi->output.encoder);
 	} else {
 		drm_connector_init_with_ddc(drm, &hdmi->output.connector,
 					    &tegra_hdmi_connector_funcs,