diff --git a/msm/dsi/dsi_ctrl_hw_cmn.c b/msm/dsi/dsi_ctrl_hw_cmn.c
index df9954da0454..50dc8a060463 100644
--- a/msm/dsi/dsi_ctrl_hw_cmn.c
+++ b/msm/dsi/dsi_ctrl_hw_cmn.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void dsi_ctrl_hw_cmn_set_video_timing(struct dsi_ctrl_hw *ctrl,
 	u32 reg = 0;
 	u32 hs_start = 0;
 	u32 hs_end, active_h_start, active_h_end, h_total, width = 0;
-	u32 bytes_per_pkt, pkt_per_line, eol_byte_num;
+	u32 bytes_per_pkt, pkt_per_line, eol_byte_num, datatype;
 	u32 vs_start = 0, vs_end = 0;
 	u32 vpos_start = 0, vpos_end, active_v_start, active_v_end, v_total;
 
@@ -342,7 +342,9 @@ void dsi_ctrl_hw_cmn_set_video_timing(struct dsi_ctrl_hw *ctrl,
 				&pkt_per_line, &eol_byte_num);
 		reg = bytes_per_pkt << 16;
 		/* data type of compressed image */
-		reg |= (0x0b << 8);
+		datatype = mode->dsc->datatype;
+		if(!datatype) datatype = 0x0b;
+		reg |= (datatype << 8);
 		/*
 		 * pkt_per_line:
 		 * 0 == 1 pkt
diff --git a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
index 3adbb9636c11..d2e132e36148 100644
--- a/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
+++ b/msm/dsi/dsi_panel.c
@@ -3117,6 +3117,14 @@ static int dsi_panel_parse_dsc_params(struct dsi_display_mode *mode,
 	}
 	priv_info->dsc.config.bits_per_pixel = data << 4;
 
+	rc = utils->read_u32(utils->data, "qcom,mdss-dsc-datatype",
+			&data);
+	if (rc) {
+		DSI_ERR("failed to parse qcom,mdss-dsc-datatype\n");
+		data = 0x0B;
+	}
+	priv_info->dsc.datatype = data;
+
 	rc = utils->read_u32(utils->data, "qcom,src-chroma-format",
 			&data);
 	if (rc) {
diff --git a/msm/msm_drv.h b/msm/msm_drv.h
index b69a2c7cec5a..60409a3010d1 100644
--- a/msm/msm_drv.h
+++ b/msm/msm_drv.h
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ struct msm_param_info {
  * @half_panel_pu            True for single and dual dsc encoders if partial
  *                           update sets the roi width to half of mode width
  *                           False in all other cases
+ * @datatype:                data type of compressed image
  */
 struct msm_display_dsc_info {
 	struct drm_dsc_config config;
@@ -422,6 +423,7 @@ struct msm_display_dsc_info {
 	u32 dsc_4hsmerge_padding;
 	u32 dsc_4hsmerge_alignment;
 	bool half_panel_pu;
+	int datatype;
 };