diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_hdmi_enc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_hdmi_enc.c
index 061d2e0d9011..416da5376701 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_hdmi_enc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_hdmi_enc.c
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ static void sun4i_hdmi_disable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	val = readl(hdmi->base + SUN4I_HDMI_VID_CTRL_REG);
 	val &= ~SUN4I_HDMI_VID_CTRL_ENABLE;
 	writel(val, hdmi->base + SUN4I_HDMI_VID_CTRL_REG);
+
+	clk_disable_unprepare(hdmi->tmds_clk);
 }
 
 static void sun4i_hdmi_enable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
@@ -102,6 +104,8 @@ static void sun4i_hdmi_enable(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Enabling the HDMI Output\n");
 
+	clk_prepare_enable(hdmi->tmds_clk);
+
 	sun4i_hdmi_setup_avi_infoframes(hdmi, mode);
 	val |= SUN4I_HDMI_PKT_CTRL_TYPE(0, SUN4I_HDMI_PKT_AVI);
 	val |= SUN4I_HDMI_PKT_CTRL_TYPE(1, SUN4I_HDMI_PKT_END);