diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
index d1db91dbe17b..ce77dec352ff 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
@@ -551,13 +551,13 @@ static int panel_simple_prepare(struct drm_panel *panel)
 
 	gpiod_direction_output(p->reset_gpio, 0);
 
+	if (p->desc->delay.init)
+		msleep(p->desc->delay.init);
+
 	if (p->desc->init_seq)
 		if (p->dsi)
 			panel_simple_xfer_dsi_cmd_seq(p, p->desc->init_seq);
 
-	if (p->desc->delay.init)
-		msleep(p->desc->delay.init);
-
 	p->prepared = true;
 
 	return 0;