diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
index c8e1bbebdffe24934c1feaf4bdd3473cd278479e..fd6dd2dec369939457e6ad9678983cfcb5c7718e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
@@ -1267,12 +1267,6 @@ static int dp_display_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 	}
 
-	rc = dp->parser->parse(dp->parser);
-	if (rc) {
-		DRM_ERROR("device tree parsing failed\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
-
 	rc = dp_power_client_init(dp->power);
 	if (rc) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Power client create failed\n");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_parser.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_parser.c
index 7032dcc8842b396ffcd6b2c0f1fc671f5383cc9d..2d9d126c119b0e4e031702386bc3f94156f0e684 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_parser.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_parser.c
@@ -315,13 +315,19 @@ static int dp_parser_parse(struct dp_parser *parser)
 struct dp_parser *dp_parser_get(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct dp_parser *parser;
+	int ret;
 
 	parser = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*parser), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!parser)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	parser->parse = dp_parser_parse;
 	parser->pdev = pdev;
 
+	ret = dp_parser_parse(parser);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "device tree parsing failed\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
 	return parser;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_parser.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_parser.h
index 90a2cdbbe3449385e0e1ff98a4ad714cb419de73..4ccc432b4142ae1a4323ece4a4535ee7f821cb4d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_parser.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_parser.h
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ struct dss_module_power {
  *
  * @pdev: platform data of the client
  * @mp: gpio, regulator and clock related data
- * @parse: function to be called by client to parse device tree.
  */
 struct dp_parser {
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
@@ -76,8 +75,6 @@ struct dp_parser {
 	u32 max_dp_lanes;
 	u32 max_dp_link_rate;
 	struct drm_bridge *next_bridge;
-
-	int (*parse)(struct dp_parser *parser);
 };
 
 /**