diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
index c35b70d83e53b7397c6e38dde45824bd49fdf099..36d47d7cedde1e1e3e83eb670520664100bd0a25 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
@@ -990,6 +990,8 @@ static int sun6i_dsi_detach(struct mipi_dsi_host *host,
 
 	drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event(dsi->drm);
 
+	drm_panel_put(dsi->panel);
+
 	return 0;
 }