diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c
index 3f35199bc39f..03e7f104aa1a 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 #include "line-display.h"
 
+#define DEFAULT_SCROLL_RATE	(HZ / 2)
+
 /**
  * linedisp_scroll() - scroll the display by a character
  * @t: really a pointer to the private data structure
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ static void linedisp_scroll(struct timer_list *t)
 	linedisp->scroll_pos %= linedisp->message_len;
 
 	/* rearm the timer */
-	if (linedisp->message_len > num_chars)
+	if (linedisp->message_len > num_chars && linedisp->scroll_rate)
 		mod_timer(&linedisp->timer, jiffies + linedisp->scroll_rate);
 }
 
@@ -149,8 +151,39 @@ static ssize_t message_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(message);
 
+static ssize_t scroll_step_ms_show(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct linedisp *linedisp = container_of(dev, struct linedisp, dev);
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", jiffies_to_msecs(linedisp->scroll_rate));
+}
+
+static ssize_t scroll_step_ms_store(struct device *dev,
+				    struct device_attribute *attr,
+				    const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct linedisp *linedisp = container_of(dev, struct linedisp, dev);
+	unsigned int ms;
+
+	if (kstrtouint(buf, 10, &ms) != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	linedisp->scroll_rate = msecs_to_jiffies(ms);
+	if (linedisp->message && linedisp->message_len > linedisp->num_chars) {
+		del_timer_sync(&linedisp->timer);
+		if (linedisp->scroll_rate)
+			linedisp_scroll(&linedisp->timer);
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(scroll_step_ms);
+
 static struct attribute *linedisp_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_message.attr,
+	&dev_attr_scroll_step_ms.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(linedisp);
@@ -182,7 +215,7 @@ int linedisp_register(struct linedisp *linedisp, struct device *parent,
 	linedisp->update = update;
 	linedisp->buf = buf;
 	linedisp->num_chars = num_chars;
-	linedisp->scroll_rate = HZ / 2;
+	linedisp->scroll_rate = DEFAULT_SCROLL_RATE;
 
 	device_initialize(&linedisp->dev);
 	dev_set_name(&linedisp->dev, "linedisp.%lu",