diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
index 1eb939463c35ac2c459f15e38cfd4253a5f356c9..50b809346bf9c7461964c670cd185560e490cfb9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ config DRM_KUNIT_TEST_HELPERS
 config DRM_KUNIT_TEST
 	tristate "KUnit tests for DRM" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
 	depends on DRM
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on KUNIT
 	depends on MMU
 	select DRM_BUDDY
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_EXEC
 	select DRM_EXPORT_FOR_TESTS if m
 	select DRM_GEM_SHMEM_HELPER
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
index cf931b94a1889746277d744d7f7266d66d22612d..ba09121e7debb24769577a974250ff9c0ab2447e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 config DRM_AMDGPU
 	tristate "AMD GPU"
 	depends on DRM
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on MMU
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on !UML
 	select FW_LOADER
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
index 5d0193a87314388f1adb1f93d49c754dec69aa38..54d45dd31b7f4d00db5108cbae5312c7d4c25c33 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/Kconfig
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ config DRM_FSL_LDB
 config DRM_ITE_IT6505
 	tristate "ITE IT6505 DisplayPort bridge"
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_DP_HELPER
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ config DRM_PARADE_PS8622
 config DRM_PARADE_PS8640
 	tristate "Parade PS8640 MIPI DSI to eDP Converter"
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
 	select DRM_PANEL
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ config DRM_TOSHIBA_TC358764
 
 config DRM_TOSHIBA_TC358767
 	tristate "Toshiba TC358767 eDP bridge"
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select REGMAP_I2C
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ config DRM_TOSHIBA_TC358768
 
 config DRM_TOSHIBA_TC358775
 	tristate "Toshiba TC358775 DSI/LVDS bridge"
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select REGMAP_I2C
 	select DRM_PANEL
@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ config DRM_TI_SN65DSI83
 config DRM_TI_SN65DSI86
 	tristate "TI SN65DSI86 DSI to eDP bridge"
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select REGMAP_I2C
 	select DRM_PANEL
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/Kconfig
index ec98c94535736c0aae324085ec39661cdad8e892..9659df6718de6db4279d0cf6c3c8505234f952ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 config DRM_ANALOGIX_ANX6345
 	tristate "Analogix ANX6345 bridge"
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
 	select DRM_ANALOGIX_DP
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select REGMAP_I2C
 	help
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ config DRM_ANALOGIX_ANX6345
 
 config DRM_ANALOGIX_ANX78XX
 	tristate "Analogix ANX78XX bridge"
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	select DRM_ANALOGIX_DP
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select REGMAP_I2C
 	help
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ config DRM_ANALOGIX_ANX7625
 	tristate "Analogix Anx7625 MIPI to DP interface support"
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/Kconfig
index 20143afded40e4378cc3b4a13080a9792dad8efb..3480fd4d0a5f76e413906c348e5887979a3d2288 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/Kconfig
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ endif
 
 config DRM_CDNS_MHDP8546
 	tristate "Cadence DPI/DP bridge"
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
index 0cd439691422422682fb7c3369fdbb01ba86694e..9801f47a3704530dd59c0ac8a25eff24502944e7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ config DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_CHARDEV
 config DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	bool "DRM DisplayPort Helpers"
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
+	default y
 	help
 	  DRM display helpers for DisplayPort.
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/Kconfig
index 4b0183bf221c8bb26caaa7c0639d03ca5e87b5b6..6a26a0b8eff2c021caa22b709bc4eebe57a2e76d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/Kconfig
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ config DRM_EXYNOS_DSI
 config DRM_EXYNOS_DP
 	bool "Exynos specific extensions for Analogix DP driver"
 	depends on DRM_EXYNOS_FIMD || DRM_EXYNOS7_DECON
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	select DRM_ANALOGIX_DP
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	default DRM_EXYNOS
 	select DRM_PANEL
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
index 43183a68a09557b711cba134df2cee471e45ffc6..dbde4e29d93a79dc620558f6d13b8d8e6f40a113 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config DRM_I915
 	tristate "Intel 8xx/9xx/G3x/G4x/HD Graphics"
 	depends on DRM
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on X86 && PCI
 	depends on !PREEMPT_RT
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ config DRM_I915
 	# the shmem_readpage() which depends upon tmpfs
 	select SHMEM
 	select TMPFS
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/Kconfig
index 2add54486ac4ab118bbcab0b377923a6f10e9a11..6caab8d4d4e0f5f8264aad9de5918828ec79c92e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/Kconfig
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ config DRM_MEDIATEK
 config DRM_MEDIATEK_DP
 	tristate "DRM DPTX Support for MediaTek SoCs"
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_MEDIATEK
 	select PHY_MTK_DP
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	help
 	  DRM/KMS Display Port driver for MediaTek SoCs.
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
index 28a898722ace789bedd37d9d34e6d9cb0f0219f6..f7708590583e7377c7b6274577b4b2ec2247f317 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config DRM_MSM
 	depends on COMMON_CLK
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on IOMMU_SUPPORT
 	depends on QCOM_AOSS_QMP || QCOM_AOSS_QMP=n
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ config DRM_MSM
 	select IOMMU_IO_PGTABLE
 	select QCOM_MDT_LOADER if ARCH_QCOM
 	select REGULATOR
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_EXEC
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_PANEL
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
index 5ac852b816db262bc4a10c23c2decb4461f822a9..7cc305b2826d6abc8b5c1a2c8baf0c67fb456cb8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 config DRM_NOUVEAU
 	tristate "Nouveau (NVIDIA) cards"
 	depends on DRM
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on MMU
 	select IOMMU_API
 	select FW_LOADER
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_TTM
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
index 01235397c4938e77a5d695086dfcc7a40daca26d..154f5bf82980eac4f0bf4bde6df256c84131cf35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
@@ -534,10 +534,10 @@ config DRM_PANEL_RAYDIUM_RM68200
 config DRM_PANEL_RAYDIUM_RM692E5
 	tristate "Raydium RM692E5-based DSI panel"
 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_MIPI_DSI
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to enable support for Raydium RM692E5-based
 	  display panels, such as the one found in the Fairphone 5 smartphone.
@@ -561,10 +561,10 @@ config DRM_PANEL_SAMSUNG_ATNA33XC20
 	tristate "Samsung ATNA33XC20 eDP panel"
 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
 	depends on PM
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	help
 	  DRM panel driver for the Samsung ATNA33XC20 panel. This panel can't
 	  be handled by the DRM_PANEL_SIMPLE driver because its power
@@ -801,11 +801,11 @@ config DRM_PANEL_EDP
 	tristate "support for simple Embedded DisplayPort panels"
 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
 	depends on PM
 	select VIDEOMODE_HELPERS
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	help
 	  DRM panel driver for dumb eDP panels that need at most a regulator and
@@ -880,10 +880,10 @@ config DRM_PANEL_TRULY_NT35597_WQXGA
 config DRM_PANEL_VISIONOX_R66451
 	tristate "Visionox R66451"
 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_MIPI_DSI
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to enable support for Visionox
 	  R66451 1080x2340 AMOLED DSI panel.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/Kconfig
index 07d330450f05f899920250688b4b91561699ba60..18c867219a706a1730d142d0931b0ab2065c432f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/Kconfig
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ config DRM_RADEON
 	tristate "ATI Radeon"
 	depends on AGP || !AGP
 	depends on DRM
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on MMU
 	select FW_LOADER
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
         select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_SUBALLOC_HELPER
         select DRM_TTM
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig
index b72c0bbf346da5fa8c0839e3590fc4dd6aaa761e..4b49a14758fe04128e0385ada0d5451d53344d9e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ config ROCKCHIP_VOP2
 
 config ROCKCHIP_ANALOGIX_DP
 	bool "Rockchip specific extensions for Analogix DP driver"
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on ROCKCHIP_VOP
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	help
 	  This selects support for Rockchip SoC specific extensions
 	  for the Analogix Core DP driver. If you want to enable DP
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ config ROCKCHIP_ANALOGIX_DP
 
 config ROCKCHIP_CDN_DP
 	bool "Rockchip cdn DP"
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on EXTCON=y || (EXTCON=m && DRM_ROCKCHIP=m)
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	help
 	  This selects support for Rockchip SoC specific extensions
 	  for the cdn DP driver. If you want to enable Dp on
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig
index e0385d175ec6d266da9ab5f849bc73776df66cd4..bb6e35261f1144b1a50b60f84a65159f9da5daa6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ config DRM_TEGRA
 	depends on COMMON_CLK
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
index be29e5cd5215e842d4550b15e585997af0b503ee..02da2faf5ae33bdb5a31955ed085a8765bdd243e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config DRM_XE
 	tristate "Intel Xe Graphics"
 	depends on (m || (y && KUNIT=y))
 	depends on DRM
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on MMU
 	depends on PCI
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ config DRM_XE
 	select DRM_KUNIT_TEST_HELPERS if DRM_XE_KUNIT_TEST != n
 	select DRM_PANEL
 	select DRM_SUBALLOC_HELPER
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/Kconfig
index 7a14a8c2e7be9e597ab66c58cde72e2aa2da2eb6..41d753b14ccd957473cfbb38175ee3fe1b259556 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/Kconfig
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ config DRM_ZYNQMP_DPSUB
 	depends on COMMON_CLK
 	depends on DMADEVICES
 	depends on DRM
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
 	depends on PHY_XILINX_ZYNQMP
 	depends on XILINX_ZYNQMP_DPDMA
 	select DMA_ENGINE
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_GEM_DMA_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select GENERIC_PHY