diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/output.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/output.c
index 708cbfffb059bd2da7c1c3d5e18f6da75f56fee6..2cb0065e0578f6d80da0532dad68a31e27a6924d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/output.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/output.c
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ int tegra_output_init(struct drm_device *drm, struct tegra_output *output)
 	drm_connector_init(drm, &output->connector, &connector_funcs,
 			   connector);
 	drm_connector_helper_add(&output->connector, &connector_helper_funcs);
+	output->connector.dpms = DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF;
 
 	drm_encoder_init(drm, &output->encoder, &encoder_funcs, encoder);
 	drm_encoder_helper_add(&output->encoder, &encoder_helper_funcs);