diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c
index 62a0fb377e7a0b69f173d6c1c82c202d7b5ee49d..735a87a699fafafb99b179752e0e7f3c19491389 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_crtc.c
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ static int mdp5_crtc_cursor_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	if (!handle) {
 		DBG("Cursor off");
 		cursor_enable = false;
+		mdp5_enable(mdp5_kms);
 		goto set_cursor;
 	}
 
@@ -776,6 +777,8 @@ static int mdp5_crtc_cursor_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 
 	get_roi(crtc, &roi_w, &roi_h);
 
+	mdp5_enable(mdp5_kms);
+
 	mdp5_write(mdp5_kms, REG_MDP5_LM_CURSOR_STRIDE(lm), stride);
 	mdp5_write(mdp5_kms, REG_MDP5_LM_CURSOR_FORMAT(lm),
 			MDP5_LM_CURSOR_FORMAT_FORMAT(CURSOR_FMT_ARGB8888));
@@ -804,6 +807,7 @@ static int mdp5_crtc_cursor_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	crtc_flush(crtc, flush_mask);
 
 end:
+	mdp5_disable(mdp5_kms);
 	if (old_bo) {
 		drm_flip_work_queue(&mdp5_crtc->unref_cursor_work, old_bo);
 		/* enable vblank to complete cursor work: */
@@ -836,6 +840,8 @@ static int mdp5_crtc_cursor_move(struct drm_crtc *crtc, int x, int y)
 
 	get_roi(crtc, &roi_w, &roi_h);
 
+	mdp5_enable(mdp5_kms);
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&mdp5_crtc->cursor.lock, flags);
 	mdp5_write(mdp5_kms, REG_MDP5_LM_CURSOR_SIZE(lm),
 			MDP5_LM_CURSOR_SIZE_ROI_H(roi_h) |
@@ -847,6 +853,8 @@ static int mdp5_crtc_cursor_move(struct drm_crtc *crtc, int x, int y)
 
 	crtc_flush(crtc, flush_mask);
 
+	mdp5_disable(mdp5_kms);
+
 	return 0;
 }