diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c
index d85b5ab204df..e7dcb602afae 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c
@@ -1203,12 +1203,6 @@ static int imx7_csi_media_init(struct imx7_csi *csi)
 	if (IS_ERR(imxmd))
 		return PTR_ERR(imxmd);
 
-	ret = imx_media_of_add_csi(imxmd, csi->dev->of_node);
-	if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENODEV && ret != -EEXIST) {
-		imx7_csi_media_cleanup(csi);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	csi->imxmd = imxmd;
 
 	v4l2_subdev_init(&csi->sd, &imx7_csi_subdev_ops);