diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
index f67c6f69fa281c380f0850cd37b887349f188040..015d1e9d4ffb81ff6e3c0d415d122b9feb088de9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
@@ -538,6 +538,8 @@ static bool vc4_hdmi_supports_scrambling(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
 	return true;
 }
 
+#define SCRAMBLING_POLLING_DELAY_MS	1000
+
 static void vc4_hdmi_enable_scrambling(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 {
 	struct drm_display_mode *mode = &encoder->crtc->state->adjusted_mode;
@@ -554,6 +556,9 @@ static void vc4_hdmi_enable_scrambling(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 
 	HDMI_WRITE(HDMI_SCRAMBLER_CTL, HDMI_READ(HDMI_SCRAMBLER_CTL) |
 		   VC5_HDMI_SCRAMBLER_CTL_ENABLE);
+
+	queue_delayed_work(system_wq, &vc4_hdmi->scrambling_work,
+			   msecs_to_jiffies(SCRAMBLING_POLLING_DELAY_MS));
 }
 
 static void vc4_hdmi_disable_scrambling(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
@@ -572,6 +577,9 @@ static void vc4_hdmi_disable_scrambling(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	if (crtc && !vc4_hdmi_mode_needs_scrambling(&crtc->mode))
 		return;
 
+	if (delayed_work_pending(&vc4_hdmi->scrambling_work))
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vc4_hdmi->scrambling_work);
+
 	HDMI_WRITE(HDMI_SCRAMBLER_CTL, HDMI_READ(HDMI_SCRAMBLER_CTL) &
 		   ~VC5_HDMI_SCRAMBLER_CTL_ENABLE);
 
@@ -579,6 +587,22 @@ static void vc4_hdmi_disable_scrambling(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	drm_scdc_set_high_tmds_clock_ratio(vc4_hdmi->ddc, false);
 }
 
+static void vc4_hdmi_scrambling_wq(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct vc4_hdmi *vc4_hdmi = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
+						 struct vc4_hdmi,
+						 scrambling_work);
+
+	if (drm_scdc_get_scrambling_status(vc4_hdmi->ddc))
+		return;
+
+	drm_scdc_set_high_tmds_clock_ratio(vc4_hdmi->ddc, true);
+	drm_scdc_set_scrambling(vc4_hdmi->ddc, true);
+
+	queue_delayed_work(system_wq, &vc4_hdmi->scrambling_work,
+			   msecs_to_jiffies(SCRAMBLING_POLLING_DELAY_MS));
+}
+
 static void vc4_hdmi_encoder_post_crtc_disable(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
 					       struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 {
@@ -2087,6 +2111,7 @@ static int vc4_hdmi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 	vc4_hdmi = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*vc4_hdmi), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vc4_hdmi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&vc4_hdmi->scrambling_work, vc4_hdmi_scrambling_wq);
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, vc4_hdmi);
 	encoder = &vc4_hdmi->encoder.base.base;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.h
index 089c91b3e14f8b841076d0e6861950f54e7bc325..39bd2c413ec043dc36cec25613ac761d018b4117 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.h
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ struct vc4_hdmi {
 	struct vc4_hdmi_encoder encoder;
 	struct drm_connector connector;
 
+	struct delayed_work scrambling_work;
+
 	struct i2c_adapter *ddc;
 	void __iomem *hdmicore_regs;
 	void __iomem *hd_regs;