diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
index 359cd37d09cb2c2e9d02a1f8d6004bcf4af0dadf..f503d12b39309dec7c98c959bf8ed5e52bdf83a3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ static int panel_simple_disable(struct drm_panel *panel)
 
 	if (p->backlight) {
 		p->backlight->props.power = FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN;
+		p->backlight->props.state |= BL_CORE_FBBLANK;
 		backlight_update_status(p->backlight);
 	}
 
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ static int panel_simple_enable(struct drm_panel *panel)
 		msleep(p->desc->delay.enable);
 
 	if (p->backlight) {
+		p->backlight->props.state &= ~BL_CORE_FBBLANK;
 		p->backlight->props.power = FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
 		backlight_update_status(p->backlight);
 	}