diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pm8941-wled.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pm8941-wled.txt
index 424f8444a6cd..e5b294dafc58 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pm8941-wled.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/pm8941-wled.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Required properties:
 - reg: slave address
 
 Optional properties:
+- default-brightness: brightness value on boot, value from: 0-4095
+	default: 2048
 - label: The name of the backlight device
 - qcom,cs-out: bool; enable current sink output
 - qcom,cabc: bool; enable content adaptive backlight control
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pm8941-wled.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pm8941-wled.c
index 78bba87551b2..0b6d21955d91 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/pm8941-wled.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pm8941-wled.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 #include <linux/regmap.h>
 
+/* From DT binding */
+#define PM8941_WLED_DEFAULT_BRIGHTNESS		2048
+
 #define PM8941_WLED_REG_VAL_BASE		0x40
 #define  PM8941_WLED_REG_VAL_MAX		0xFFF
 
@@ -373,6 +376,7 @@ static int pm8941_wled_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct backlight_device *bl;
 	struct pm8941_wled *wled;
 	struct regmap *regmap;
+	u32 val;
 	int rc;
 
 	regmap = dev_get_regmap(pdev->dev.parent, NULL);
@@ -395,8 +399,12 @@ static int pm8941_wled_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
+	val = PM8941_WLED_DEFAULT_BRIGHTNESS;
+	of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "default-brightness", &val);
+
 	memset(&props, 0, sizeof(struct backlight_properties));
 	props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
+	props.brightness = val;
 	props.max_brightness = PM8941_WLED_REG_VAL_MAX;
 	bl = devm_backlight_device_register(&pdev->dev, wled->name,
 					    &pdev->dev, wled,