return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static int nwl_dsi_enable(struct nwl_dsi *dsi)
+static int nwl_dsi_mode_set(struct nwl_dsi *dsi)
 {
        struct device *dev = dsi->dev;
        union phy_configure_opts *phy_cfg = &dsi->phy_cfg;
        adjusted_mode->flags |= (DRM_MODE_FLAG_PHSYNC | DRM_MODE_FLAG_PVSYNC);
        adjusted_mode->flags &= ~(DRM_MODE_FLAG_NHSYNC | DRM_MODE_FLAG_NVSYNC);
 
-       /* Do a full modeset if crtc_state->active is changed to be true. */
+       /*
+        * Do a full modeset if crtc_state->active is changed to be true.
+        * This ensures our ->mode_set() is called to get the DSI controller
+        * and the PHY ready to send DCS commands, when only the connector's
+        * DPMS is brought out of "Off" status.
+        */
        if (crtc_state->active_changed && crtc_state->active)
                crtc_state->mode_changed = true;
 
 
        memcpy(&dsi->mode, adjusted_mode, sizeof(dsi->mode));
        drm_mode_debug_printmodeline(adjusted_mode);
-}
-
-static void
-nwl_dsi_bridge_atomic_pre_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
-                                struct drm_bridge_state *old_bridge_state)
-{
-       struct nwl_dsi *dsi = bridge_to_dsi(bridge);
-       int ret;
 
-       pm_runtime_get_sync(dsi->dev);
+       pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
 
        if (clk_prepare_enable(dsi->lcdif_clk) < 0)
                return;
        /* Step 1 from DSI reset-out instructions */
        ret = reset_control_deassert(dsi->rst_pclk);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               DRM_DEV_ERROR(dsi->dev, "Failed to deassert PCLK: %d\n", ret);
+               DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev, "Failed to deassert PCLK: %d\n", ret);
                return;
        }
 
        /* Step 2 from DSI reset-out instructions */
-       nwl_dsi_enable(dsi);
+       nwl_dsi_mode_set(dsi);
 
        /* Step 3 from DSI reset-out instructions */
        ret = reset_control_deassert(dsi->rst_esc);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               DRM_DEV_ERROR(dsi->dev, "Failed to deassert ESC: %d\n", ret);
+               DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev, "Failed to deassert ESC: %d\n", ret);
                return;
        }
        ret = reset_control_deassert(dsi->rst_byte);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               DRM_DEV_ERROR(dsi->dev, "Failed to deassert BYTE: %d\n", ret);
+               DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev, "Failed to deassert BYTE: %d\n", ret);
                return;
        }
 }
        .atomic_destroy_state   = drm_atomic_helper_bridge_destroy_state,
        .atomic_reset           = drm_atomic_helper_bridge_reset,
        .atomic_check           = nwl_dsi_bridge_atomic_check,
-       .atomic_pre_enable      = nwl_dsi_bridge_atomic_pre_enable,
        .atomic_enable          = nwl_dsi_bridge_atomic_enable,
        .atomic_disable         = nwl_dsi_bridge_atomic_disable,
        .mode_set               = nwl_dsi_bridge_mode_set,