diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
index e4b3bd0307ef945d58a860ffd0281ada4e85ef67..f949287d926cd07f6859331c769ef02621ef130f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ static void sun4i_tcon0_mode_set_rgb(struct sun4i_tcon *tcon,
 	sun4i_tcon0_mode_set_common(tcon, mode);
 
 	/* Set dithering if needed */
-	sun4i_tcon0_mode_set_dithering(tcon, tcon->panel->connector);
+	if (tcon->panel)
+		sun4i_tcon0_mode_set_dithering(tcon, tcon->panel->connector);
 
 	/* Adjust clock delay */
 	clk_delay = sun4i_tcon_get_clk_delay(mode, 0);