diff --git a/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c b/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c
index e00db3f510dd..abb98c77bad2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,6 @@ static int ipu_add_client_devices(struct ipu_soc *ipu, unsigned long ipu_base)
 			goto err_register;
 		}
 
-		pdev->dev.of_node = of_node;
 		pdev->dev.parent = dev;
 
 		ret = platform_device_add_data(pdev, &reg->pdata,
@@ -1079,6 +1078,12 @@ static int ipu_add_client_devices(struct ipu_soc *ipu, unsigned long ipu_base)
 			platform_device_put(pdev);
 			goto err_register;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Set of_node only after calling platform_device_add. Otherwise
+		 * the platform:imx-ipuv3-crtc modalias won't be used.
+		 */
+		pdev->dev.of_node = of_node;
 	}
 
 	return 0;