diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_crtc.c
index 74cebb51e8c285e23475c6df40ae64a271857b9f..c6c80ea28c35809dbe63bb22aec0a50da9f4d0c6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_crtc.c
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ static void mdp4_crtc_prepare(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	struct mdp4_crtc *mdp4_crtc = to_mdp4_crtc(crtc);
 	DBG("%s", mdp4_crtc->name);
 	/* make sure we hold a ref to mdp clks while setting up mode: */
+	drm_crtc_vblank_get(crtc);
 	mdp4_enable(get_kms(crtc));
 	mdp4_crtc_dpms(crtc, DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF);
 }
@@ -407,6 +408,7 @@ static void mdp4_crtc_commit(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	crtc_flush(crtc);
 	/* drop the ref to mdp clk's that we got in prepare: */
 	mdp4_disable(get_kms(crtc));
+	drm_crtc_vblank_put(crtc);
 }
 
 static int mdp4_crtc_mode_set_base(struct drm_crtc *crtc, int x, int y,