diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
index cc9c60d4facffe..b2d0a3c89fbbfd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
@@ -288,9 +288,103 @@ static void vc4_hdmi_cec_update_clk_div(struct vc4_hdmi *vc4_hdmi)
 static void vc4_hdmi_cec_update_clk_div(struct vc4_hdmi *vc4_hdmi) {}
 #endif
 
-static void vc4_hdmi_enable_scrambling(struct drm_encoder *encoder);
+static int reset_pipe(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+			struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	struct drm_atomic_state *state;
+	struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
+	int ret;
+
+	state = drm_atomic_state_alloc(crtc->dev);
+	if (!state)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	state->acquire_ctx = ctx;
+
+	crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_crtc_state(state, crtc);
+	if (IS_ERR(crtc_state)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(crtc_state);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	crtc_state->connectors_changed = true;
+
+	ret = drm_atomic_commit(state);
+out:
+	drm_atomic_state_put(state);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int vc4_hdmi_reset_link(struct drm_connector *connector,
+			       struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	struct drm_device *drm = connector->dev;
+	struct vc4_hdmi *vc4_hdmi = connector_to_vc4_hdmi(connector);
+	struct drm_encoder *encoder = &vc4_hdmi->encoder.base;
+	struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
+	struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
+	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
+	bool scrambling_needed;
+	u8 config;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!connector)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = drm_modeset_lock(&drm->mode_config.connection_mutex, ctx);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	conn_state = connector->state;
+	crtc = conn_state->crtc;
+	if (!crtc)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = drm_modeset_lock(&crtc->mutex, ctx);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	crtc_state = crtc->state;
+	if (!crtc_state->active)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!vc4_hdmi_supports_scrambling(encoder))
+		return 0;
+
+	scrambling_needed = vc4_hdmi_mode_needs_scrambling(&vc4_hdmi->saved_adjusted_mode,
+							   vc4_hdmi->output_bpc,
+							   vc4_hdmi->output_format);
+	if (!scrambling_needed)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (conn_state->commit &&
+	    !try_wait_for_completion(&conn_state->commit->hw_done))
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = drm_scdc_readb(connector->ddc, SCDC_TMDS_CONFIG, &config);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		drm_err(drm, "Failed to read TMDS config: %d\n", ret);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!!(config & SCDC_SCRAMBLING_ENABLE) == scrambling_needed)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * HDMI 2.0 says that one should not send scrambled data
+	 * prior to configuring the sink scrambling, and that
+	 * TMDS clock/data transmission should be suspended when
+	 * changing the TMDS clock rate in the sink. So let's
+	 * just do a full modeset here, even though some sinks
+	 * would be perfectly happy if were to just reconfigure
+	 * the SCDC settings on the fly.
+	 */
+	return reset_pipe(crtc, ctx);
+}
 
 static void vc4_hdmi_handle_hotplug(struct vc4_hdmi *vc4_hdmi,
+				    struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx,
 				    enum drm_connector_status status)
 {
 	struct drm_connector *connector = &vc4_hdmi->connector;
@@ -303,6 +397,10 @@ static void vc4_hdmi_handle_hotplug(struct vc4_hdmi *vc4_hdmi,
 	 * .adap_enable, which leads to that funtion being called with
 	 * our mutex held.
 	 *
+	 * A similar situation occurs with
+	 * drm_atomic_helper_connector_hdmi_reset_link() that will call
+	 * into our KMS hooks if the scrambling was enabled.
+	 *
 	 * Concurrency isn't an issue at the moment since we don't share
 	 * any state with any of the other frameworks so we can ignore
 	 * the lock for now.
@@ -320,7 +418,7 @@ static void vc4_hdmi_handle_hotplug(struct vc4_hdmi *vc4_hdmi,
 	cec_s_phys_addr_from_edid(vc4_hdmi->cec_adap, edid);
 	kfree(edid);
 
-	vc4_hdmi_enable_scrambling(&vc4_hdmi->encoder.base.base);
+	vc4_hdmi_reset_link(connector, ctx);
 }
 
 static int vc4_hdmi_connector_detect_ctx(struct drm_connector *connector,
@@ -352,7 +450,7 @@ static int vc4_hdmi_connector_detect_ctx(struct drm_connector *connector,
 			status = connector_status_connected;
 	}
 
-	vc4_hdmi_handle_hotplug(vc4_hdmi, status);
+	vc4_hdmi_handle_hotplug(vc4_hdmi, ctx, status);
 	pm_runtime_put(&vc4_hdmi->pdev->dev);
 
 	return status;