diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c
index 930bcec7067f8dfb272dafb7839358902e606b87..f021f960a8a27f7d002fd7be8a01edb722e7323a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c
@@ -455,10 +455,7 @@ void mdp5_crtc_set_intf(struct drm_crtc *crtc, int intf,
 	/* now that we know what irq's we want: */
 	mdp5_crtc->err.irqmask = intf2err(intf);
 	mdp5_crtc->vblank.irqmask = intf2vblank(intf);
-
-	/* when called from modeset_init(), skip the rest until later: */
-	if (!mdp5_kms)
-		return;
+	mdp_irq_update(&mdp5_kms->base);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&mdp5_kms->resource_lock, flags);
 	intf_sel = mdp5_read(mdp5_kms, REG_MDP5_DISP_INTF_SEL);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c
index a11f1b80c488567d44755ad68eadc4d15dc61375..9f01a4f21af2fa969a58c0dc5e8e74a7346e227d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c
@@ -216,17 +216,7 @@ static int modeset_init(struct mdp5_kms *mdp5_kms)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	/* NOTE: the vsync and error irq's are actually associated with
-	 * the INTF/encoder.. the easiest way to deal with this (ie. what
-	 * we do now) is assume a fixed relationship between crtc's and
-	 * encoders.  I'm not sure if there is ever a need to more freely
-	 * assign crtcs to encoders, but if there is then we need to take
-	 * care of error and vblank irq's that the crtc has registered,
-	 * and also update user-requested vblank_mask.
-	 */
-	encoder->possible_crtcs = BIT(0);
-	mdp5_crtc_set_intf(priv->crtcs[0], 3, INTF_HDMI);
-
+	encoder->possible_crtcs = (1 << priv->num_crtcs) - 1;;
 	priv->encoders[priv->num_encoders++] = encoder;
 
 	/* Construct bridge/connector for HDMI: */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.c
index 03455b64a2458e28fdcdb724c42865f6280001de..2a731722d8407de40be9d2bbd82d6cabb8f8c737 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.c
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ static void update_irq(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms)
 	mdp_kms->funcs->set_irqmask(mdp_kms, irqmask);
 }
 
-static void update_irq_unlocked(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms)
+/* if an mdp_irq's irqmask has changed, such as when mdp5 crtc<->encoder
+ * link changes, this must be called to figure out the new global irqmask
+ */
+void mdp_irq_update(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&list_lock, flags);
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ void mdp_irq_register(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms, struct mdp_irq *irq)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&list_lock, flags);
 
 	if (needs_update)
-		update_irq_unlocked(mdp_kms);
+		mdp_irq_update(mdp_kms);
 }
 
 void mdp_irq_unregister(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms, struct mdp_irq *irq)
@@ -141,5 +144,5 @@ void mdp_irq_unregister(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms, struct mdp_irq *irq)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&list_lock, flags);
 
 	if (needs_update)
-		update_irq_unlocked(mdp_kms);
+		mdp_irq_update(mdp_kms);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.h
index 99557b5ad4fd35bedc3fd70b20571322571e9d76..b268ce95d3946fdf2f348250ce5cafeb15635b68 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp_kms.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void mdp_update_vblank_mask(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms, uint32_t mask, bool enable)
 void mdp_irq_wait(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms, uint32_t irqmask);
 void mdp_irq_register(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms, struct mdp_irq *irq);
 void mdp_irq_unregister(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms, struct mdp_irq *irq);
-
+void mdp_irq_update(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms);
 
 /*
  * pixel format helpers: