diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_dw_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_dw_hdmi.c
index bbdfd5e26ec88..f75fb157f2ff7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_dw_hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_dw_hdmi.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int sun8i_dw_hdmi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 		goto err_disable_clk_tmds;
 	}
 
-	ret = sun8i_hdmi_phy_probe(hdmi, phy_node);
+	ret = sun8i_hdmi_phy_get(hdmi, phy_node);
 	of_node_put(phy_node);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't get the HDMI PHY\n");
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ static int sun8i_dw_hdmi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 
 cleanup_encoder:
 	drm_encoder_cleanup(encoder);
-	sun8i_hdmi_phy_remove(hdmi);
 err_disable_clk_tmds:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(hdmi->clk_tmds);
 err_assert_ctrl_reset:
@@ -263,7 +262,6 @@ static void sun8i_dw_hdmi_unbind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 	struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 	dw_hdmi_unbind(hdmi->hdmi);
-	sun8i_hdmi_phy_remove(hdmi);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(hdmi->clk_tmds);
 	reset_control_assert(hdmi->rst_ctrl);
 	gpiod_set_value(hdmi->ddc_en, 0);
@@ -320,7 +318,32 @@ static struct platform_driver sun8i_dw_hdmi_pltfm_driver = {
 		.of_match_table = sun8i_dw_hdmi_dt_ids,
 	},
 };
-module_platform_driver(sun8i_dw_hdmi_pltfm_driver);
+
+static int __init sun8i_dw_hdmi_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = platform_driver_register(&sun8i_dw_hdmi_pltfm_driver);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = platform_driver_register(&sun8i_hdmi_phy_driver);
+	if (ret) {
+		platform_driver_unregister(&sun8i_dw_hdmi_pltfm_driver);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __exit sun8i_dw_hdmi_exit(void)
+{
+	platform_driver_unregister(&sun8i_dw_hdmi_pltfm_driver);
+	platform_driver_unregister(&sun8i_hdmi_phy_driver);
+}
+
+module_init(sun8i_dw_hdmi_init);
+module_exit(sun8i_dw_hdmi_exit);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@siol.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Allwinner DW HDMI bridge");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_dw_hdmi.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_dw_hdmi.h
index d4b55af0592f8..74f6ed0e25709 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_dw_hdmi.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_dw_hdmi.h
@@ -195,14 +195,15 @@ struct sun8i_dw_hdmi {
 	struct gpio_desc		*ddc_en;
 };
 
+extern struct platform_driver sun8i_hdmi_phy_driver;
+
 static inline struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *
 encoder_to_sun8i_dw_hdmi(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 {
 	return container_of(encoder, struct sun8i_dw_hdmi, encoder);
 }
 
-int sun8i_hdmi_phy_probe(struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi, struct device_node *node);
-void sun8i_hdmi_phy_remove(struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi);
+int sun8i_hdmi_phy_get(struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi, struct device_node *node);
 
 void sun8i_hdmi_phy_init(struct sun8i_hdmi_phy *phy);
 void sun8i_hdmi_phy_set_ops(struct sun8i_hdmi_phy *phy,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_hdmi_phy.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_hdmi_phy.c
index 9994edf675096..c9239708d398c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_hdmi_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_hdmi_phy.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
+#include <linux/of_platform.h>
 
 #include "sun8i_dw_hdmi.h"
 
@@ -597,10 +598,30 @@ static const struct of_device_id sun8i_hdmi_phy_of_table[] = {
 	{ /* sentinel */ }
 };
 
-int sun8i_hdmi_phy_probe(struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi, struct device_node *node)
+int sun8i_hdmi_phy_get(struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi, struct device_node *node)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev = of_find_device_by_node(node);
+	struct sun8i_hdmi_phy *phy;
+
+	if (!pdev)
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+	phy = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	if (!phy)
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+	hdmi->phy = phy;
+
+	put_device(&pdev->dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sun8i_hdmi_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	const struct of_device_id *match;
-	struct device *dev = hdmi->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+	struct device_node *node = dev->of_node;
 	struct sun8i_hdmi_phy *phy;
 	struct resource res;
 	void __iomem *regs;
@@ -704,7 +725,7 @@ int sun8i_hdmi_phy_probe(struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi, struct device_node *node)
 		clk_prepare_enable(phy->clk_phy);
 	}
 
-	hdmi->phy = phy;
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, phy);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -728,9 +749,9 @@ int sun8i_hdmi_phy_probe(struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi, struct device_node *node)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void sun8i_hdmi_phy_remove(struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi)
+static int sun8i_hdmi_phy_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct sun8i_hdmi_phy *phy = hdmi->phy;
+	struct sun8i_hdmi_phy *phy = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
 	clk_disable_unprepare(phy->clk_mod);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(phy->clk_bus);
@@ -744,4 +765,14 @@ void sun8i_hdmi_phy_remove(struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi)
 	clk_put(phy->clk_pll1);
 	clk_put(phy->clk_mod);
 	clk_put(phy->clk_bus);
+	return 0;
 }
+
+struct platform_driver sun8i_hdmi_phy_driver = {
+	.probe  = sun8i_hdmi_phy_probe,
+	.remove = sun8i_hdmi_phy_remove,
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "sun8i-hdmi-phy",
+		.of_match_table = sun8i_hdmi_phy_of_table,
+	},
+};
