diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
index cd657ac4bdae..1a3cdd5b72a0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun6i_mipi_dsi.c
@@ -494,8 +494,13 @@ static void sun6i_dsi_setup_timings(struct sun6i_dsi *dsi,
 
 	/*
 	 * hblk seems to be the line + porches length.
+	 * The blank is set using a blanking packet (4 bytes + 4 bytes +
+	 * payload + 2 bytes). So minimal size is 10 bytes
 	 */
-	hblk = (mode->htotal - (mode->hsync_end - mode->hsync_start)) * Bpp;
+#define HBLK_PACKET_OVERHEAD	10
+	hblk = max((unsigned int)HBLK_PACKET_OVERHEAD,
+		   (mode->htotal - (mode->hsync_end - mode->hsync_start)) *
+		   Bpp - HBLK_PACKET_OVERHEAD);
 
 	/*
 	 * And I'm not entirely sure what vblk is about. The driver in