diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_ctrl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_ctrl.c
index afffdad0ebf9..b6f4ce2a48af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_ctrl.c
@@ -1356,8 +1356,13 @@ void dp_ctrl_reset_irq_ctrl(struct dp_ctrl *dp_ctrl, bool enable)
 
 	dp_catalog_ctrl_reset(ctrl->catalog);
 
-	if (enable)
-		dp_catalog_ctrl_enable_irq(ctrl->catalog, enable);
+	/*
+	 * all dp controller programmable registers will not
+	 * be reset to default value after DP_SW_RESET
+	 * therefore interrupt mask bits have to be updated
+	 * to enable/disable interrupts
+	 */
+	dp_catalog_ctrl_enable_irq(ctrl->catalog, enable);
 }
 
 void dp_ctrl_phy_init(struct dp_ctrl *dp_ctrl)