diff --git a/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c b/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c
index 0da75a811c..60a0ab34fa 100644
--- a/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c
+++ b/msm/dsi/dsi_display.c
@@ -4450,6 +4450,10 @@ static int dsi_display_set_mode_sub(struct dsi_display *display,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if ((mode->dsi_mode_flags & DSI_MODE_FLAG_DMS) &&
+			(display->panel->panel_mode == DSI_OP_CMD_MODE))
+		atomic_set(&display->clkrate_change_pending, 1);
+
 	if (priv_info->phy_timing_len) {
 		display_for_each_ctrl(i, display) {
 			ctrl = &display->ctrl[i];