ret = PTR_ERR(bridge);
                        goto out_bridge;
                }
+       } else {
+               /*
+                * TODO: when we are using a different bridge than a panel
+                * (such as a dumb VGA connector) we need to devise a different
+                * method to get the connector out of the bridge.
+                */
+               dev_err(dev->dev, "the bridge is not a panel\n");
+               goto out_bridge;
        }
 
        ret = tve200_display_init(dev);
                goto out_bridge;
        }
 
-       if (bridge) {
-               ret = drm_bridge_attach(priv->encoder, bridge, NULL);
-               if (ret)
-                       goto out_bridge;
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * TODO: when we are using a different bridge than a panel
-        * (such as a dumb VGA connector) we need to devise a different
-        * method to get the connector out of the bridge.
-        */
-       if (!panel) {
-               dev_err(dev->dev, "the bridge is not a panel\n");
+       ret = drm_simple_display_pipe_attach_bridge(&priv->pipe,
+                                                   bridge);
+       if (ret) {
+               dev_err(dev->dev, "failed to attach bridge\n");
                goto out_bridge;
        }
+
        priv->panel = panel;
        priv->connector = panel->connector;
        priv->bridge = bridge;
 out_bridge:
        if (panel)
                drm_panel_bridge_remove(bridge);
-       else
-               drm_bridge_remove(bridge);
        drm_mode_config_cleanup(dev);
 finish:
        return ret;
                drm_fbdev_cma_fini(priv->fbdev);
        if (priv->panel)
                drm_panel_bridge_remove(priv->bridge);
-       else
-               drm_bridge_remove(priv->bridge);
        drm_mode_config_cleanup(drm);
        clk_disable_unprepare(priv->pclk);
        drm_dev_unref(drm);