diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi.c
index 06a78b2ab690885352e9bd19cce746e9111e7dd3..f503aa495b2f5ddad59deef9208a7db8791d16b4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi.c
@@ -571,11 +571,20 @@ void omapdss_hdmi_display_set_timing(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
 	struct hdmi_cm cm;
 
 	hdmi.custom_set = 1;
+
 	cm = hdmi_get_code(&dssdev->panel.timings);
 	hdmi.code = cm.code;
 	hdmi.mode = cm.mode;
-	omapdss_hdmi_display_enable(dssdev);
-	hdmi.custom_set = 0;
+
+	if (dssdev->state == OMAP_DSS_DISPLAY_ACTIVE) {
+		int r;
+
+		hdmi_power_off(dssdev);
+
+		r = hdmi_power_on(dssdev);
+		if (r)
+			DSSERR("failed to power on device\n");
+	}
 }
 
 int omapdss_hdmi_display_enable(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi_panel.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi_panel.c
index e30182f5fecfc50c58a29e4e2c1cb780225bd65d..8c851e624ee645ea4596d0971b9642e0d6bdee85 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/hdmi_panel.c
@@ -161,12 +161,7 @@ static void hdmi_set_timings(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev,
 	mutex_lock(&hdmi.hdmi_lock);
 
 	dssdev->panel.timings = *timings;
-
-	if (dssdev->state == OMAP_DSS_DISPLAY_ACTIVE) {
-		/* turn the hdmi off and on to get new timings to use */
-		omapdss_hdmi_display_disable(dssdev);
-		omapdss_hdmi_display_set_timing(dssdev);
-	}
+	omapdss_hdmi_display_set_timing(dssdev);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&hdmi.hdmi_lock);
 }