diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c
index 6adb1e5cfb08..ed818b9a615a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_dp_core.c
@@ -1052,28 +1052,14 @@ static int exynos_dp_create_connector(struct exynos_drm_display *display,
 
 static void exynos_dp_phy_init(struct exynos_dp_device *dp)
 {
-	if (dp->phy) {
+	if (dp->phy)
 		phy_power_on(dp->phy);
-	} else if (dp->phy_addr) {
-		u32 reg;
-
-		reg = __raw_readl(dp->phy_addr);
-		reg |= dp->enable_mask;
-		__raw_writel(reg, dp->phy_addr);
-	}
 }
 
 static void exynos_dp_phy_exit(struct exynos_dp_device *dp)
 {
-	if (dp->phy) {
+	if (dp->phy)
 		phy_power_off(dp->phy);
-	} else if (dp->phy_addr) {
-		u32 reg;
-
-		reg = __raw_readl(dp->phy_addr);
-		reg &= ~(dp->enable_mask);
-		__raw_writel(reg, dp->phy_addr);
-	}
 }
 
 static void exynos_dp_poweron(struct exynos_drm_display *display)
@@ -1210,44 +1196,6 @@ static struct video_info *exynos_dp_dt_parse_pdata(struct device *dev)
 	return dp_video_config;
 }
 
-static int exynos_dp_dt_parse_phydata(struct exynos_dp_device *dp)
-{
-	struct device_node *dp_phy_node = of_node_get(dp->dev->of_node);
-	u32 phy_base;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	dp_phy_node = of_find_node_by_name(dp_phy_node, "dptx-phy");
-	if (!dp_phy_node) {
-		dp->phy = devm_phy_get(dp->dev, "dp");
-		return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dp->phy);
-	}
-
-	if (of_property_read_u32(dp_phy_node, "reg", &phy_base)) {
-		dev_err(dp->dev, "failed to get reg for dptx-phy\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	if (of_property_read_u32(dp_phy_node, "samsung,enable-mask",
-				&dp->enable_mask)) {
-		dev_err(dp->dev, "failed to get enable-mask for dptx-phy\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	dp->phy_addr = ioremap(phy_base, SZ_4);
-	if (!dp->phy_addr) {
-		dev_err(dp->dev, "failed to ioremap dp-phy\n");
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-err:
-	of_node_put(dp_phy_node);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int exynos_dp_dt_parse_panel(struct exynos_dp_device *dp)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -1277,9 +1225,21 @@ static int exynos_dp_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 	if (IS_ERR(dp->video_info))
 		return PTR_ERR(dp->video_info);
 
-	ret = exynos_dp_dt_parse_phydata(dp);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	dp->phy = devm_phy_get(dp->dev, "dp");
+	if (IS_ERR(dp->phy)) {
+		dev_err(dp->dev, "no DP phy configured\n");
+		ret = PTR_ERR(dp->phy);
+		if (ret) {
+			/*
+			 * phy itself is not enabled, so we can move forward
+			 * assigning NULL to phy pointer.
+			 */
+			if (ret == -ENOSYS || ret == -ENODEV)
+				dp->phy = NULL;
+			else
+				return ret;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (!dp->panel) {
 		ret = exynos_dp_dt_parse_panel(dp);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_dp_core.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_dp_core.h
index a1aee6931bd7..6426201667bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_dp_core.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_dp_core.h
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ struct exynos_dp_device {
 	struct clk		*clock;
 	unsigned int		irq;
 	void __iomem		*reg_base;
-	void __iomem		*phy_addr;
-	unsigned int		enable_mask;
 
 	struct video_info	*video_info;
 	struct link_train	link_train;