diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dispc.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dispc.c
index 82012d15884b9bf5ac9ca9197f03d0d093045aac..6eec08400094dcc4325376c886dfd551fe054806 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dispc.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dispc.c
@@ -2479,7 +2479,7 @@ static bool _dispc_lcd_timings_ok(int hsw, int hfp, int hbp,
 }
 
 bool dispc_mgr_timings_ok(enum omap_channel channel,
-		struct omap_video_timings *timings)
+		const struct omap_video_timings *timings)
 {
 	bool timings_ok;
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dpi.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dpi.c
index e65cf1f9a69449d319058d3a3c742798a2e67f1d..e01ab9825930131e989a8a1c8e7e57b19e4adf99 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dpi.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dpi.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ int dpi_check_timings(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev,
 	unsigned long pck;
 	struct dispc_clock_info dispc_cinfo;
 
-	if (!dispc_mgr_timings_ok(dssdev->manager->id, timings))
+	if (dss_mgr_check_timings(dssdev->manager, timings))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (timings->pixel_clock == 0)
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h
index b17a2120dc251c90070f67b2a88c7489f32f544a..a13b3055a447985c7bd63bc43657f8a6bc637e8c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ int dss_init_overlay_managers(struct platform_device *pdev);
 void dss_uninit_overlay_managers(struct platform_device *pdev);
 int dss_mgr_simple_check(struct omap_overlay_manager *mgr,
 		const struct omap_overlay_manager_info *info);
+int dss_mgr_check_timings(struct omap_overlay_manager *mgr,
+		const struct omap_video_timings *timings);
 int dss_mgr_check(struct omap_overlay_manager *mgr,
 		struct omap_dss_device *dssdev,
 		struct omap_overlay_manager_info *info,
@@ -413,7 +415,7 @@ void dispc_enable_gamma_table(bool enable);
 void dispc_set_loadmode(enum omap_dss_load_mode mode);
 
 bool dispc_mgr_timings_ok(enum omap_channel channel,
-		struct omap_video_timings *timings);
+		const struct omap_video_timings *timings);
 unsigned long dispc_fclk_rate(void);
 void dispc_find_clk_divs(bool is_tft, unsigned long req_pck, unsigned long fck,
 		struct dispc_clock_info *cinfo);
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/manager.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/manager.c
index e7364603f6a1d09fa193e63ed007565388090e1b..566fbba167749ef4f952d263f1410c81e5ed70c7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/manager.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/manager.c
@@ -654,6 +654,17 @@ static int dss_mgr_check_zorder(struct omap_overlay_manager *mgr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int dss_mgr_check_timings(struct omap_overlay_manager *mgr,
+		const struct omap_video_timings *timings)
+{
+	if (!dispc_mgr_timings_ok(mgr->id, timings)) {
+		DSSERR("check_manager: invalid timings\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int dss_mgr_check(struct omap_overlay_manager *mgr,
 		struct omap_dss_device *dssdev,
 		struct omap_overlay_manager_info *info,
@@ -668,6 +679,10 @@ int dss_mgr_check(struct omap_overlay_manager *mgr,
 			return r;
 	}
 
+	r = dss_mgr_check_timings(mgr, &dssdev->panel.timings);
+	if (r)
+		return r;
+
 	list_for_each_entry(ovl, &mgr->overlays, list) {
 		struct omap_overlay_info *oi;
 		int r;