diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c
index 5323e3485988..221e6d5ee970 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ static const struct drm_crtc_funcs sun4i_crtc_funcs = {
 	.disable_vblank		= sun4i_crtc_disable_vblank,
 };
 
-struct sun4i_crtc *sun4i_crtc_init(struct drm_device *drm)
+struct sun4i_crtc *sun4i_crtc_init(struct drm_device *drm,
+				   struct sun4i_backend *backend,
+				   struct sun4i_tcon *tcon)
 {
-	struct sun4i_drv *drv = drm->dev_private;
 	struct sun4i_crtc *scrtc;
 	struct drm_plane *primary = NULL, *cursor = NULL;
 	int ret, i;
@@ -144,8 +145,8 @@ struct sun4i_crtc *sun4i_crtc_init(struct drm_device *drm)
 	scrtc = devm_kzalloc(drm->dev, sizeof(*scrtc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!scrtc)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	scrtc->backend = drv->backend;
-	scrtc->tcon = drv->tcon;
+	scrtc->backend = backend;
+	scrtc->tcon = tcon;
 
 	/* Create our layers */
 	scrtc->layers = sun4i_layers_init(drm);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.h
index cd0e633cce3a..230cb8f0d601 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ static inline struct sun4i_crtc *drm_crtc_to_sun4i_crtc(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	return container_of(crtc, struct sun4i_crtc, crtc);
 }
 
-struct sun4i_crtc *sun4i_crtc_init(struct drm_device *drm);
+struct sun4i_crtc *sun4i_crtc_init(struct drm_device *drm,
+				   struct sun4i_backend *backend,
+				   struct sun4i_tcon *tcon);
 
 #endif /* _SUN4I_CRTC_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
index c52c482c8fd0..3ced0b1cef6e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static int sun4i_tcon_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 		goto err_free_dotclock;
 	}
 
-	tcon->crtc = sun4i_crtc_init(drm);
+	tcon->crtc = sun4i_crtc_init(drm, drv->backend, tcon);
 	if (IS_ERR(tcon->crtc)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't create our CRTC\n");
 		ret = PTR_ERR(tcon->crtc);