diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
index ec5943627aa5..1cc1780f5091 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
@@ -369,13 +369,6 @@ static int sun4i_backend_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 	if (IS_ERR(regs))
 		return PTR_ERR(regs);
 
-	backend->engine.regs = devm_regmap_init_mmio(dev, regs,
-						     &sun4i_backend_regmap_config);
-	if (IS_ERR(backend->engine.regs)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't create the backend regmap\n");
-		return PTR_ERR(backend->engine.regs);
-	}
-
 	backend->reset = devm_reset_control_get(dev, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(backend->reset)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't get our reset line\n");
@@ -421,6 +414,13 @@ static int sun4i_backend_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 		}
 	}
 
+	backend->engine.regs = devm_regmap_init_mmio(dev, regs,
+						     &sun4i_backend_regmap_config);
+	if (IS_ERR(backend->engine.regs)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't create the backend regmap\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(backend->engine.regs);
+	}
+
 	list_add_tail(&backend->engine.list, &drv->engine_list);
 
 	/* Reset the registers */