diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_connector.c
index 50d2b641c28b7f4615d48e7fb6beecdd86de4f7f..c24b6b783e9a5fbee4184d51dffaa0b7d8ac429f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_connector.c
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ static int omap_connector_mode_valid(struct drm_connector *connector,
 	int r, ret = MODE_BAD;
 
 	drm_display_mode_to_videomode(mode, &vm);
-	vm.flags |= DISPLAY_FLAGS_DE_HIGH | DISPLAY_FLAGS_PIXDATA_POSEDGE |
-		    DISPLAY_FLAGS_SYNC_NEGEDGE;
 	mode->vrefresh = drm_mode_vrefresh(mode);
 
 	/*
@@ -162,6 +160,12 @@ static int omap_connector_mode_valid(struct drm_connector *connector,
 
 		dssdrv->get_timings(dssdev, &t);
 
+		/*
+		 * Ignore the flags, as we don't get them from
+		 * drm_display_mode_to_videomode.
+		 */
+		t.flags = 0;
+
 		if (memcmp(&vm, &t, sizeof(vm)))
 			r = -EINVAL;
 		else
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c
index 1db96b077ae83a8f1adb33dd9207027f3936bff0..4f03f74685f056bac49ccbffba6d342647ad5299 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@ static void omap_crtc_mode_set_nofb(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	struct omap_crtc *omap_crtc = to_omap_crtc(crtc);
 	struct drm_display_mode *mode = &crtc->state->adjusted_mode;
+	struct omap_drm_private *priv = crtc->dev->dev_private;
+	const u32 flags_mask = DISPLAY_FLAGS_DE_HIGH | DISPLAY_FLAGS_DE_LOW |
+		DISPLAY_FLAGS_PIXDATA_POSEDGE | DISPLAY_FLAGS_PIXDATA_NEGEDGE |
+		DISPLAY_FLAGS_SYNC_POSEDGE | DISPLAY_FLAGS_SYNC_NEGEDGE;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	DBG("%s: set mode: %d:\"%s\" %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d %d 0x%x 0x%x",
 	    omap_crtc->name, mode->base.id, mode->name,
@@ -382,9 +387,38 @@ static void omap_crtc_mode_set_nofb(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	    mode->type, mode->flags);
 
 	drm_display_mode_to_videomode(mode, &omap_crtc->vm);
-	omap_crtc->vm.flags |= DISPLAY_FLAGS_DE_HIGH |
-			       DISPLAY_FLAGS_PIXDATA_POSEDGE |
-			       DISPLAY_FLAGS_SYNC_NEGEDGE;
+
+	/*
+	 * HACK: This fixes the vm flags.
+	 * struct drm_display_mode does not contain the VSYNC/HSYNC/DE flags
+	 * and they get lost when converting back and forth between
+	 * struct drm_display_mode and struct videomode. The hack below
+	 * goes and fetches the missing flags from the panel drivers.
+	 *
+	 * Correct solution would be to use DRM's bus-flags, but that's not
+	 * easily possible before the omapdrm's panel/encoder driver model
+	 * has been changed to the DRM model.
+	 */
+
+	for (i = 0; i < priv->num_encoders; ++i) {
+		struct drm_encoder *encoder = priv->encoders[i];
+
+		if (encoder->crtc == crtc) {
+			struct omap_dss_device *dssdev;
+
+			dssdev = omap_encoder_get_dssdev(encoder);
+
+			if (dssdev) {
+				struct videomode vm = {0};
+
+				dssdev->driver->get_timings(dssdev, &vm);
+
+				omap_crtc->vm.flags |= vm.flags & flags_mask;
+			}
+
+			break;
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static int omap_crtc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,