diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
index dd5312b02a8d21749fb004d41db74ff4bc511b1a..3f02ee54fc02f1f37402622f6d4d7618a5747821 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
@@ -612,9 +612,6 @@ 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)