diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig
index e7f49fe845ea..69b832d0c8c4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ config ROCKCHIP_DW_DP
 
 config ROCKCHIP_DW_HDMI
 	bool "Rockchip specific extensions for Synopsys DW HDMI"
+	select DRM_BRIDGE_CONNECTOR
 	help
 	  This selects support for Rockchip SoC specific extensions
 	  for the Synopsys DesignWare HDMI driver. If you want to
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c
index 21b141b7cb9c..b5cfcb936078 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
 
 #include <drm/bridge/dw_hdmi.h>
+#include <drm/drm_bridge_connector.h>
 #include <drm/drm_edid.h>
 #include <drm/drm_of.h>
 #include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
@@ -542,6 +543,7 @@ static int dw_hdmi_rockchip_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 	struct drm_device *drm = data;
 	struct drm_encoder *encoder;
 	struct rockchip_hdmi *hdmi;
+	struct drm_connector *connector;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!pdev->dev.of_node)
@@ -608,7 +610,7 @@ static int dw_hdmi_rockchip_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, hdmi);
 
-	hdmi->hdmi = dw_hdmi_bind(pdev, encoder, plat_data, 0);
+	hdmi->hdmi = dw_hdmi_bind(pdev, encoder, plat_data, DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR);
 
 	/*
 	 * If dw_hdmi_bind() fails we'll never call dw_hdmi_unbind(),
@@ -616,12 +618,21 @@ static int dw_hdmi_rockchip_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 	 */
 	if (IS_ERR(hdmi->hdmi)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(hdmi->hdmi);
-		goto err_bind;
+		goto err_cleanup_encoder;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	connector = drm_bridge_connector_init(drm, encoder);
+	if (IS_ERR(connector)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(connector);
+		dev_err(hdmi->dev, "Failed to initialize bridge_connector\n");
+		goto err_unbind_bridge;
+	}
 
-err_bind:
+	return drm_connector_attach_encoder(connector, encoder);
+
+err_unbind_bridge:
+	dw_hdmi_unbind(hdmi->hdmi);
+err_cleanup_encoder:
 	drm_encoder_cleanup(encoder);
 
 	return ret;