diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
index 42daa5c9ff8e630f1c598c5488b5f291de0ad230..b3c4b5f2b8b9198885d878cb99d46dbaffcd6b11 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
@@ -611,9 +611,6 @@ static int imx_ldb_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 		return PTR_ERR(imx_ldb->regmap);
 	}
 
-	/* disable LDB by resetting the control register to POR default */
-	regmap_write(imx_ldb->regmap, IOMUXC_GPR2, 0);
-
 	imx_ldb->dev = dev;
 
 	if (of_id)