diff --git a/msm/msm_drv.c b/msm/msm_drv.c
index d73c84cf75..5cb20c03a3 100644
--- a/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, struct drm_driver *drv)
 	struct msm_kms *kms = NULL;
 	int ret;
 	struct sched_param param = { 0 };
+	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
 
 	ddev = drm_dev_alloc(drv, dev);
 	if (!ddev) {
@@ -770,6 +771,9 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, struct drm_driver *drv)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	drm_for_each_crtc(crtc, ddev)
+		drm_crtc_vblank_reset(crtc);
+
 	if (kms) {
 		pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
 		ret = drm_irq_install(ddev, platform_get_irq(pdev, 0));
diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c b/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
index df40f2e738..04c9408186 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
@@ -3978,6 +3978,8 @@ static void sde_crtc_disable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 
 	SDE_DEBUG("crtc%d\n", crtc->base.id);
 
+	drm_crtc_vblank_off(crtc);
+
 	if (sde_kms_is_suspend_state(crtc->dev))
 		_sde_crtc_set_suspend(crtc, true);
 
@@ -4116,6 +4118,8 @@ static void sde_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	SDE_EVT32_VERBOSE(DRMID(crtc));
 	sde_crtc = to_sde_crtc(crtc);
 
+	drm_crtc_vblank_on(crtc);
+
 	mutex_lock(&sde_crtc->crtc_lock);
 	SDE_EVT32(DRMID(crtc), sde_crtc->enabled, sde_crtc->suspend,
 			sde_crtc->vblank_requested);