diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c
index 846cd06ab2fe..f9e0f8d99268 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static void fsl_ldb_atomic_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 	reg = LDB_CTRL_CH0_ENABLE;
 
 	if (fsl_ldb->lvds_dual_link)
-		reg |= LDB_CTRL_CH1_ENABLE;
+		reg |= LDB_CTRL_CH1_ENABLE | LDB_CTRL_SPLIT_MODE;
 
 	if (lvds_format_24bpp) {
 		reg |= LDB_CTRL_CH0_DATA_WIDTH;