diff --git a/msm/dp/dp_drm.c b/msm/dp/dp_drm.c
index 1bb2d4a1d9e9..6398f525dfa9 100644
--- a/msm/dp/dp_drm.c
+++ b/msm/dp/dp_drm.c
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ static void dp_bridge_enable(struct drm_bridge *drm_bridge)
 	if (rc)
 		DP_ERR("[%d] DP display post enable failed, rc=%d\n",
 		       bridge->id, rc);
+
+	if (dp->is_edp)
+		sde_connector_helper_bridge_enable(bridge->connector);
 }
 
 static void dp_bridge_disable(struct drm_bridge *drm_bridge)
diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_connector.c b/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
index 8c23f622a97b..c0b7086e0802 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
@@ -1020,18 +1020,23 @@ void sde_connector_helper_bridge_enable(struct drm_connector *connector)
 	}
 
 	c_conn = to_sde_connector(connector);
-	display = (struct dsi_display *) c_conn->display;
 
-	/*
-	 * Special handling for some panels which need atleast
-	 * one frame to be transferred to GRAM before enabling backlight.
-	 * So delay backlight update to these panels until the
-	 * first frame commit is received from the HW.
-	 */
-	if (display->panel->bl_config.bl_update ==
-				BL_UPDATE_DELAY_UNTIL_FIRST_FRAME)
-		sde_encoder_wait_for_event(c_conn->encoder,
-				MSM_ENC_TX_COMPLETE);
+	if (c_conn->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DSI) {
+		display = (struct dsi_display *) c_conn->display;
+
+		/*
+		 * Special handling for some panels which need atleast
+		 * one frame to be transferred to GRAM before enabling
+		 * backlight.
+		 * So delay backlight update to these panels until the
+		 * first frame commit is received from the HW.
+		 */
+		if (display->panel->bl_config.bl_update ==
+					BL_UPDATE_DELAY_UNTIL_FIRST_FRAME)
+			sde_encoder_wait_for_event(c_conn->encoder,
+					MSM_ENC_TX_COMPLETE);
+	}
+
 	c_conn->allow_bl_update = true;
 
 	if (!sde_in_trusted_vm(sde_kms) && c_conn->bl_device) {