diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/mxc/mxc_epdc_v2_fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/mxc/mxc_epdc_v2_fb.c
index d1beddc8f7ce8ff610de74a39ece17090a60d686..f794475197d7ace93392ac0c7a2ff49bcf5c8c46 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/mxc/mxc_epdc_v2_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/mxc/mxc_epdc_v2_fb.c
@@ -5678,6 +5678,8 @@ static int mxc_epdc_fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	g_fb_data = fb_data;
 
 	pm_runtime_enable(fb_data->dev);
+	if (of_machine_is_compatible("fsl,imx8ulp"))
+		pm_runtime_get_sync(fb_data->dev);
 
 #ifdef DEFAULT_PANEL_HW_INIT
 	ret = mxc_epdc_fb_init_hw((struct fb_info *)fb_data);