diff --git a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
index b19894f5bc..cbae1267d7 100644
--- a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
+++ b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
@@ -3212,6 +3212,7 @@ struct dsi_panel *dsi_panel_get(struct device *parent,
 {
 	struct dsi_panel *panel;
 	struct dsi_parser_utils *utils;
+	const char *panel_physical_type;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	panel = kzalloc(sizeof(*panel), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -3230,6 +3231,14 @@ struct dsi_panel *dsi_panel_get(struct device *parent,
 	if (!panel->name)
 		panel->name = DSI_PANEL_DEFAULT_LABEL;
 
+	/*
+	 * Set panel type to LCD as default.
+	 */
+	panel->panel_type = DSI_DISPLAY_PANEL_TYPE_LCD;
+	panel_physical_type = utils->get_property(utils->data,
+				"qcom,mdss-dsi-panel-physical-type", NULL);
+	if (panel_physical_type && !strcmp(panel_physical_type, "oled"))
+		panel->panel_type = DSI_DISPLAY_PANEL_TYPE_OLED;
 	rc = dsi_panel_parse_host_config(panel);
 	if (rc) {
 		DSI_ERR("failed to parse host configuration, rc=%d\n",
diff --git a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.h b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.h
index 2c1d62ece4..f5a38bcc7d 100644
--- a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.h
+++ b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.h
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ enum dsi_dms_mode {
 	DSI_DMS_MODE_RES_SWITCH_IMMEDIATE,
 };
 
+enum dsi_panel_physical_type {
+	DSI_DISPLAY_PANEL_TYPE_LCD = 0,
+	DSI_DISPLAY_PANEL_TYPE_OLED,
+	DSI_DISPLAY_PANEL_TYPE_MAX,
+};
+
 struct dsi_dfps_capabilities {
 	enum dsi_dfps_type type;
 	u32 min_refresh_rate;
@@ -199,6 +205,7 @@ struct dsi_panel {
 
 	int panel_test_gpio;
 	int power_mode;
+	enum dsi_panel_physical_type panel_type;
 };
 
 static inline bool dsi_panel_ulps_feature_enabled(struct dsi_panel *panel)
@@ -221,6 +228,11 @@ static inline void dsi_panel_release_panel_lock(struct dsi_panel *panel)
 	mutex_unlock(&panel->panel_lock);
 }
 
+static inline bool dsi_panel_is_type_oled(struct dsi_panel *panel)
+{
+	return (panel->panel_type == DSI_DISPLAY_PANEL_TYPE_OLED);
+}
+
 struct dsi_panel *dsi_panel_get(struct device *parent,
 				struct device_node *of_node,
 				struct device_node *parser_node,