diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
index 6af12dc99d7f..daf9f87477ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ nv40_backlight_init(struct nouveau_encoder *encoder,
 	if (!(nvif_rd32(device, NV40_PMC_BACKLIGHT) & NV40_PMC_BACKLIGHT_MASK))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	props->type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
 	props->max_brightness = 31;
 	*ops = &nv40_bl_ops;
 	return 0;
@@ -343,7 +342,6 @@ nv50_backlight_init(struct nouveau_backlight *bl,
 	else
 		*ops = &nva3_bl_ops;
 
-	props->type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
 	props->max_brightness = 100;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -411,6 +409,7 @@ nouveau_backlight_init(struct drm_connector *connector)
 		goto fail_alloc;
 	}
 
+	props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
 	bl->dev = backlight_device_register(backlight_name, connector->kdev,
 					    nv_encoder, ops, &props);
 	if (IS_ERR(bl->dev)) {