diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
index aab5e4d3e6ff..4cee1fcd246d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ static int pwm_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "got pwm for backlight\n");
 
+	pwm_adjust_config(pb->pwm);
 	/*
 	 * The DT case will set the pwm_period_ns field to 0 and store the
 	 * period, parsed from the DT, in the PWM device. For the non-DT case,