struct drm_bridge *next;
 
                while (bridge) {
-                       next = bridge->next;
+                       next = drm_bridge_get_next_bridge(bridge);
                        drm_bridge_detach(bridge);
                        bridge = next;
                }
 
                                    struct drm_display_mode *mode)
 {
        struct mtk_hdmi *hdmi = hdmi_ctx_from_conn(conn);
+       struct drm_bridge *next_bridge;
 
        dev_dbg(hdmi->dev, "xres=%d, yres=%d, refresh=%d, intl=%d clock=%d\n",
                mode->hdisplay, mode->vdisplay, mode->vrefresh,
                !!(mode->flags & DRM_MODE_FLAG_INTERLACE), mode->clock * 1000);
 
-       if (hdmi->bridge.next) {
+       next_bridge = drm_bridge_get_next_bridge(&hdmi->bridge);
+       if (next_bridge) {
                struct drm_display_mode adjusted_mode;
 
                drm_mode_copy(&adjusted_mode, mode);
-               if (!drm_bridge_chain_mode_fixup(hdmi->bridge.next, mode,
+               if (!drm_bridge_chain_mode_fixup(next_bridge, mode,
                                                 &adjusted_mode))
                        return MODE_BAD;
        }
 
        } else if (output->bridge) {
                struct drm_bridge *bridge = output->bridge;
 
-               while (bridge->next)
-                       bridge = bridge->next;
+               while (drm_bridge_get_next_bridge(bridge))
+                       bridge = drm_bridge_get_next_bridge(bridge);
 
                node = bridge->of_node;
        } else if (output->panel) {
 
        for (dssdev = output; dssdev; dssdev = dssdev->next)
                omap_encoder_update_videomode_flags(&vm, dssdev->bus_flags);
 
-       for (bridge = output->bridge; bridge; bridge = bridge->next) {
+       for (bridge = output->bridge; bridge;
+            bridge = drm_bridge_get_next_bridge(bridge)) {
                if (!bridge->timings)
                        continue;
 
 
 int drm_bridge_attach(struct drm_encoder *encoder, struct drm_bridge *bridge,
                      struct drm_bridge *previous);
 
+/**
+ * drm_bridge_get_next_bridge() - Get the next bridge in the chain
+ * @bridge: bridge object
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * the next bridge in the chain after @bridge, or NULL if @bridge is the last.
+ */
+static inline struct drm_bridge *
+drm_bridge_get_next_bridge(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
+{
+       return bridge->next;
+}
+
 bool drm_bridge_chain_mode_fixup(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
                                 const struct drm_display_mode *mode,
                                 struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode);