diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
index 3ce391c239b0..7c563b5f0683 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
@@ -634,6 +634,9 @@ static int imx_ldb_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 		return PTR_ERR(imx_ldb->regmap);
 	}
 
+	/* disable LDB by resetting the control register to POR default */
+	regmap_write(imx_ldb->regmap, IOMUXC_GPR2, 0);
+
 	imx_ldb->dev = dev;
 
 	if (of_id)