diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti/j721e-csi2rx/j721e-csi2rx.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti/j721e-csi2rx/j721e-csi2rx.c
index 37df3e63d9ae..f8cb93ce9459 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti/j721e-csi2rx/j721e-csi2rx.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti/j721e-csi2rx/j721e-csi2rx.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 #define DRAIN_TIMEOUT_MS		50
 #define DRAIN_BUFFER_SIZE		SZ_32K
 
+#define CSI2RX_BRIDGE_SOURCE_PAD	1
+
 struct ti_csi2rx_fmt {
 	u32				fourcc;	/* Four character code. */
 	u32				code;	/* Mbus code. */
@@ -426,8 +428,9 @@ static int csi_async_notifier_complete(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = v4l2_create_fwnode_links_to_pad(csi->source, &csi->pad,
-					      MEDIA_LNK_FL_IMMUTABLE | MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED);
+	ret = media_create_pad_link(&csi->source->entity, CSI2RX_BRIDGE_SOURCE_PAD,
+				    &vdev->entity, csi->pad.index,
+				    MEDIA_LNK_FL_IMMUTABLE | MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		video_unregister_device(vdev);