diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
index 1c6c6d743835397dc16bcb7822c658d7d57b6d56..b7ae60a376edb3785033cc85479c569883560901 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
@@ -1808,6 +1808,17 @@ enum pipe intel_crtc_pch_transcoder(struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 static u32 intel_crtc_max_vblank_count(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(crtc_state->uapi.crtc->dev);
+	struct intel_crtc *crtc = to_intel_crtc(crtc_state->uapi.crtc);
+	u32 mode_flags = crtc->mode_flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * From Gen 11, In case of dsi cmd mode, frame counter wouldnt
+	 * have updated at the beginning of TE, if we want to use
+	 * the hw counter, then we would find it updated in only
+	 * the next TE, hence switching to sw counter.
+	 */
+	if (mode_flags & (I915_MODE_FLAG_DSI_USE_TE0 | I915_MODE_FLAG_DSI_USE_TE1))
+		return 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * On i965gm the hardware frame counter reads
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 6835b35729bd7bb64da82767ff147bddb30aa7bc..b753c77c9a77a87fc157ce9ba259df848cfea5f3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -682,8 +682,12 @@ u32 i915_get_vblank_counter(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 u32 g4x_get_vblank_counter(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(crtc->dev);
+	struct drm_vblank_crtc *vblank = &dev_priv->drm.vblank[drm_crtc_index(crtc)];
 	enum pipe pipe = to_intel_crtc(crtc)->pipe;
 
+	if (!vblank->max_vblank_count)
+		return 0;
+
 	return I915_READ(PIPE_FRMCOUNT_G4X(pipe));
 }