diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dsi.c
index 0a485c5b982e..00a9c2ab9e6c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dsi.c
@@ -5418,9 +5418,15 @@ static int dsi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dsi->num_lanes_supported = 3;
 	}
 
+	r = of_platform_populate(dev->of_node, NULL, NULL, dev);
+	if (r) {
+		DSSERR("Failed to populate DSI child devices: %d\n", r);
+		goto err_pm_disable;
+	}
+
 	r = dsi_init_output(dsi);
 	if (r)
-		goto err_pm_disable;
+		goto err_of_depopulate;
 
 	r = dsi_probe_of(dsi);
 	if (r) {
@@ -5428,22 +5434,16 @@ static int dsi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_uninit_output;
 	}
 
-	r = of_platform_populate(dev->of_node, NULL, NULL, dev);
-	if (r) {
-		DSSERR("Failed to populate DSI child devices: %d\n", r);
-		goto err_uninit_output;
-	}
-
 	r = component_add(&pdev->dev, &dsi_component_ops);
 	if (r)
-		goto err_of_depopulate;
+		goto err_uninit_output;
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_of_depopulate:
-	of_platform_depopulate(dev);
 err_uninit_output:
 	dsi_uninit_output(dsi);
+err_of_depopulate:
+	of_platform_depopulate(dev);
 err_pm_disable:
 	pm_runtime_disable(dev);
 	return r;