diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/imxfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/imxfb.c
index cee88603efc9e40195430fe1a745eebefb97ef0b..bb2f1e866020199d31b8ba0b1940cb9e6b87923f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/imxfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/imxfb.c
@@ -902,6 +902,21 @@ static int imxfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto failed_getclock;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The LCDC controller does not have an enable bit. The
+	 * controller starts directly when the clocks are enabled.
+	 * If the clocks are enabled when the controller is not yet
+	 * programmed with proper register values (enabled at the
+	 * bootloader, for example) then it just goes into some undefined
+	 * state.
+	 * To avoid this issue, let's enable and disable LCDC IPG clock
+	 * so that we force some kind of 'reset' to the LCDC block.
+	 */
+	ret = clk_prepare_enable(fbi->clk_ipg);
+	if (ret)
+		goto failed_getclock;
+	clk_disable_unprepare(fbi->clk_ipg);
+
 	fbi->clk_ahb = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "ahb");
 	if (IS_ERR(fbi->clk_ahb)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(fbi->clk_ahb);