diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
index 427f50c6803cba7d3ed5424547ac7c812d6bb536..497b4a07085dcfc891ea4a200424b289299f2aae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ static int tegra_drm_load(struct drm_device *drm, unsigned long flags)
 
 	/* syncpoints are used for full 32-bit hardware VBLANK counters */
 	drm->max_vblank_count = 0xffffffff;
+	drm->vblank_disable_allowed = true;
 
 	err = drm_vblank_init(drm, drm->mode_config.num_crtc);
 	if (err < 0)