diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/sil-sii8620.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/sil-sii8620.c
index 5dd800d2e30367d7a2f5c96caa1834f8666eeea2..dae94899ac4528a26634bac89f239bd34a9b424a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/sil-sii8620.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/sil-sii8620.c
@@ -1404,8 +1404,7 @@ static void sii8620_mhl_init(struct sii8620 *ctx)
 	);
 	sii8620_disable_gen2_write_burst(ctx);
 
-	/* currently MHL3 is not supported, so we force version to 0 */
-	sii8620_mt_write_stat(ctx, MHL_DST_REG(VERSION), 0);
+	sii8620_mt_write_stat(ctx, MHL_DST_REG(VERSION), SII8620_MHL_VERSION);
 	sii8620_mt_write_stat(ctx, MHL_DST_REG(CONNECTED_RDY),
 			      MHL_DST_CONN_DCAP_RDY | MHL_DST_CONN_XDEVCAPP_SUPP
 			      | MHL_DST_CONN_POW_STAT);
@@ -1672,14 +1671,16 @@ static void sii8620_irq_g2wb(struct sii8620 *ctx)
 	sii8620_write(ctx, REG_MDT_INT_0, stat);
 }
 
-static void sii8620_status_changed_dcap(struct sii8620 *ctx)
+static void sii8620_status_dcap_ready(struct sii8620 *ctx)
 {
-	if (ctx->stat[MHL_DST_CONNECTED_RDY] & MHL_DST_CONN_DCAP_RDY) {
-		sii8620_set_mode(ctx, CM_MHL1);
-		sii8620_peer_specific_init(ctx);
-		sii8620_write(ctx, REG_INTR9_MASK, BIT_INTR9_DEVCAP_DONE
-			       | BIT_INTR9_EDID_DONE | BIT_INTR9_EDID_ERROR);
-	}
+	enum sii8620_mode mode;
+
+	mode = ctx->stat[MHL_DST_VERSION] >= 0x30 ? CM_MHL3 : CM_MHL1;
+	if (mode > ctx->mode)
+		sii8620_set_mode(ctx, mode);
+	sii8620_peer_specific_init(ctx);
+	sii8620_write(ctx, REG_INTR9_MASK, BIT_INTR9_DEVCAP_DONE
+		      | BIT_INTR9_EDID_DONE | BIT_INTR9_EDID_ERROR);
 }
 
 static void sii8620_status_changed_path(struct sii8620 *ctx)
@@ -1707,8 +1708,8 @@ static void sii8620_msc_mr_write_stat(struct sii8620 *ctx)
 	sii8620_update_array(ctx->stat, st, MHL_DST_SIZE);
 	sii8620_update_array(ctx->xstat, xst, MHL_XDS_SIZE);
 
-	if (st[MHL_DST_CONNECTED_RDY] & MHL_DST_CONN_DCAP_RDY)
-		sii8620_status_changed_dcap(ctx);
+	if (ctx->stat[MHL_DST_CONNECTED_RDY] & MHL_DST_CONN_DCAP_RDY)
+		sii8620_status_dcap_ready(ctx);
 
 	if (st[MHL_DST_LINK_MODE] & MHL_DST_LM_PATH_ENABLED)
 		sii8620_status_changed_path(ctx);