diff --git a/drivers/video/mxsfb.c b/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
index 5861ba2c2a20..91269f6eab8d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/mxsfb.c
@@ -881,12 +881,6 @@ static int mxsfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (of_id)
 		pdev->id_entry = of_id->data;
 
-	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (!res) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot get memory IO resource\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
 	fb_info = framebuffer_alloc(sizeof(struct mxsfb_info), &pdev->dev);
 	if (!fb_info) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to allocate fbdev\n");
@@ -895,6 +889,7 @@ static int mxsfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	host = to_imxfb_host(fb_info);
 
+	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	host->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(host->base)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(host->base);