diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mmdc.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mmdc.c
index 25893d109190..b68cb86dbe4c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mmdc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mmdc.c
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ static int mmdc_pmu_init(struct mmdc_pmu *pmu_mmdc,
 {
 	*pmu_mmdc = (struct mmdc_pmu) {
 		.pmu = (struct pmu) {
+			.parent		= dev,
 			.task_ctx_nr    = perf_invalid_context,
 			.attr_groups    = attr_groups,
 			.event_init     = mmdc_pmu_event_init,