diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/simpledrm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/simpledrm.c
index 5a6e89825bc2..3e3f9ba1e885 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/simpledrm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/simpledrm.c
@@ -779,6 +779,9 @@ static int simpledrm_device_init_modeset(struct simpledrm_device *sdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	drm_connector_helper_add(connector, &simpledrm_connector_helper_funcs);
+	drm_connector_set_panel_orientation_with_quirk(connector,
+						       DRM_MODE_PANEL_ORIENTATION_UNKNOWN,
+						       mode->hdisplay, mode->vdisplay);
 
 	formats = simpledrm_device_formats(sdev, &nformats);