diff --git a/drivers/phy/allwinner/phy-sun6i-mipi-dphy.c b/drivers/phy/allwinner/phy-sun6i-mipi-dphy.c
index 3900f1650851..7d7322670a83 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/allwinner/phy-sun6i-mipi-dphy.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/allwinner/phy-sun6i-mipi-dphy.c
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ enum sun6i_dphy_direction {
 	SUN6I_DPHY_DIRECTION_RX,
 };
 
+struct sun6i_dphy_variant {
+	bool	rx_supported;
+};
+
 struct sun6i_dphy {
 	struct clk				*bus_clk;
 	struct clk				*mod_clk;
@@ -123,6 +127,7 @@ struct sun6i_dphy {
 	struct phy				*phy;
 	struct phy_configure_opts_mipi_dphy	config;
 
+	const struct sun6i_dphy_variant		*variant;
 	enum sun6i_dphy_direction		direction;
 };
 
@@ -409,6 +414,10 @@ static int sun6i_dphy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!dphy)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	dphy->variant = device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
+	if (!dphy->variant)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	regs = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(regs)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Couldn't map the DPHY encoder registers\n");
@@ -445,8 +454,14 @@ static int sun6i_dphy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ret = of_property_read_string(pdev->dev.of_node, "allwinner,direction",
 				      &direction);
 
-	if (!ret && !strncmp(direction, "rx", 2))
+	if (!ret && !strncmp(direction, "rx", 2)) {
+		if (!dphy->variant->rx_supported) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "RX not supported on this variant\n");
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+
 		dphy->direction = SUN6I_DPHY_DIRECTION_RX;
+	}
 
 	phy_set_drvdata(dphy->phy, dphy);
 	phy_provider = devm_of_phy_provider_register(&pdev->dev, of_phy_simple_xlate);
@@ -454,8 +469,15 @@ static int sun6i_dphy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(phy_provider);
 }
 
+static const struct sun6i_dphy_variant sun6i_a31_mipi_dphy_variant = {
+	.rx_supported	= true,
+};
+
 static const struct of_device_id sun6i_dphy_of_table[] = {
-	{ .compatible = "allwinner,sun6i-a31-mipi-dphy" },
+	{
+		.compatible	= "allwinner,sun6i-a31-mipi-dphy",
+		.data		= &sun6i_a31_mipi_dphy_variant,
+	},
 	{ }
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sun6i_dphy_of_table);