diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c
index 746c1dda31d1..741ef54f0d65 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.c
@@ -112,23 +112,40 @@ static u32 cio2_bridge_parse_rotation(struct cio2_sensor *sensor)
 	}
 }
 
-static enum v4l2_fwnode_orientation cio2_bridge_parse_orientation(struct cio2_sensor *sensor)
+static enum v4l2_fwnode_orientation
+cio2_bridge_get_orientation(struct acpi_device *adev)
 {
-	switch (sensor->pld->panel) {
+	enum v4l2_fwnode_orientation orientation;
+	struct acpi_pld_info *pld;
+	acpi_status status;
+
+	status = acpi_get_physical_device_location(adev->handle, &pld);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		dev_warn(&adev->dev, "_PLD call failed using unknown orientation\n");
+		return V4L2_FWNODE_ORIENTATION_EXTERNAL;
+	}
+
+	switch (pld->panel) {
 	case ACPI_PLD_PANEL_FRONT:
-		return V4L2_FWNODE_ORIENTATION_FRONT;
+		orientation = V4L2_FWNODE_ORIENTATION_FRONT;
+		break;
 	case ACPI_PLD_PANEL_BACK:
-		return V4L2_FWNODE_ORIENTATION_BACK;
+		orientation = V4L2_FWNODE_ORIENTATION_BACK;
+		break;
 	case ACPI_PLD_PANEL_TOP:
 	case ACPI_PLD_PANEL_LEFT:
 	case ACPI_PLD_PANEL_RIGHT:
 	case ACPI_PLD_PANEL_UNKNOWN:
-		return V4L2_FWNODE_ORIENTATION_EXTERNAL;
+		orientation = V4L2_FWNODE_ORIENTATION_EXTERNAL;
+		break;
 	default:
-		dev_warn(&sensor->adev->dev, "Unknown _PLD panel value %d\n",
-			 sensor->pld->panel);
-		return V4L2_FWNODE_ORIENTATION_EXTERNAL;
+		dev_warn(&adev->dev, "Unknown _PLD panel val %d\n", pld->panel);
+		orientation = V4L2_FWNODE_ORIENTATION_EXTERNAL;
+		break;
 	}
+
+	ACPI_FREE(pld);
+	return orientation;
 }
 
 static void cio2_bridge_create_fwnode_properties(
@@ -137,10 +154,8 @@ static void cio2_bridge_create_fwnode_properties(
 	const struct cio2_sensor_config *cfg)
 {
 	u32 rotation;
-	enum v4l2_fwnode_orientation orientation;
 
 	rotation = cio2_bridge_parse_rotation(sensor);
-	orientation = cio2_bridge_parse_orientation(sensor);
 
 	sensor->prop_names = prop_names;
 
@@ -155,7 +170,7 @@ static void cio2_bridge_create_fwnode_properties(
 					rotation);
 	sensor->dev_properties[2] = PROPERTY_ENTRY_U32(
 					sensor->prop_names.orientation,
-					orientation);
+					sensor->orientation);
 	if (sensor->ssdb.vcmtype) {
 		sensor->vcm_ref[0] =
 			SOFTWARE_NODE_REFERENCE(&sensor->swnodes[SWNODE_VCM]);
@@ -279,7 +294,6 @@ static void cio2_bridge_unregister_sensors(struct cio2_bridge *bridge)
 	for (i = 0; i < bridge->n_sensors; i++) {
 		sensor = &bridge->sensors[i];
 		software_node_unregister_node_group(sensor->group);
-		ACPI_FREE(sensor->pld);
 		acpi_dev_put(sensor->adev);
 		i2c_unregister_device(sensor->vcm_i2c_client);
 	}
@@ -291,7 +305,6 @@ static int cio2_bridge_connect_sensor(const struct cio2_sensor_config *cfg,
 	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, *primary;
 	struct cio2_sensor *sensor;
 	struct acpi_device *adev;
-	acpi_status status;
 	int ret;
 
 	for_each_acpi_dev_match(adev, cfg->hid, NULL, -1) {
@@ -321,17 +334,13 @@ static int cio2_bridge_connect_sensor(const struct cio2_sensor_config *cfg,
 			sensor->ssdb.vcmtype = 0;
 		}
 
-		status = acpi_get_physical_device_location(adev->handle, &sensor->pld);
-		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-			ret = -ENODEV;
-			goto err_put_adev;
-		}
+		sensor->orientation = cio2_bridge_get_orientation(adev);
 
 		if (sensor->ssdb.lanes > CIO2_MAX_LANES) {
 			dev_err(&adev->dev,
 				"Number of lanes in SSDB is invalid\n");
 			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto err_free_pld;
+			goto err_put_adev;
 		}
 
 		cio2_bridge_create_fwnode_properties(sensor, bridge, cfg);
@@ -339,7 +348,7 @@ static int cio2_bridge_connect_sensor(const struct cio2_sensor_config *cfg,
 
 		ret = software_node_register_node_group(sensor->group);
 		if (ret)
-			goto err_free_pld;
+			goto err_put_adev;
 
 		fwnode = software_node_fwnode(&sensor->swnodes[
 						      SWNODE_SENSOR_HID]);
@@ -365,8 +374,6 @@ static int cio2_bridge_connect_sensor(const struct cio2_sensor_config *cfg,
 
 err_free_swnodes:
 	software_node_unregister_node_group(sensor->group);
-err_free_pld:
-	ACPI_FREE(sensor->pld);
 err_put_adev:
 	acpi_dev_put(adev);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.h b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.h
index 8045ceab899b..e42c5c3cf856 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.h
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/cio2-bridge.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct cio2_sensor {
 	struct cio2_node_names node_names;
 
 	struct cio2_sensor_ssdb ssdb;
-	struct acpi_pld_info *pld;
+	enum v4l2_fwnode_orientation orientation;
 
 	struct cio2_property_names prop_names;
 	struct property_entry ep_properties[5];
