diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
index d504ae583..69987bb5b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
@@ -1062,6 +1062,17 @@ static int sun6i_dsi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 	struct sun6i_dsi *dsi = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * This module clock comes from the TCON TOP, which registers it only
+	 * when it is bound, so it cannot be requested in probe.
+	 */
+	if (dsi->variant->has_mod_clk && !dsi->variant->set_mod_clk) {
+		dsi->mod_clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "mod");
+		if (IS_ERR(dsi->mod_clk))
+			return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(dsi->mod_clk),
+					     "Couldn't get the DSI mod clock\n");
+	}
+
 	drm_encoder_helper_add(&dsi->encoder,
 			       &sun6i_dsi_enc_helper_funcs);
 	ret = drm_encoder_init(drm, &dsi->encoder, &sun6i_dsi_enc_funcs,
@@ -1160,7 +1171,7 @@ static int sun6i_dsi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (variant->has_mod_clk) {
+	if (variant->has_mod_clk && variant->set_mod_clk) {
 		dsi->mod_clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "mod");
 		if (IS_ERR(dsi->mod_clk)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "Couldn't get the DSI mod clock\n");