diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c
index 7e5530a04846..b902361dee6e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c
@@ -152,13 +152,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_detach);
  *
  * Return: A pointer to the panel registered for the specified device tree
  * node or an ERR_PTR() if no panel matching the device tree node can be found.
- * The only error that can be reported is -EPROBE_DEFER, meaning that the panel
- * device has not been probed yet, and the caller should retry later.
+ * Possible error codes returned by this function:
+ * - EPROBE_DEFER: the panel device has not been probed yet, and the caller
+ *   should retry later
+ * - ENODEV: the device is not available (status != "okay" or "ok")
  */
 struct drm_panel *of_drm_find_panel(const struct device_node *np)
 {
 	struct drm_panel *panel;
 
+	if (!of_device_is_available(np))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
 	mutex_lock(&panel_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(panel, &panel_list, list) {