diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
index 540c3e43a8ea..eeaf5a7c3aa7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
@@ -248,6 +248,25 @@ unlock:
 ssize_t drm_dp_dpcd_read(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, unsigned int offset,
 			 void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * HP ZR24w corrupts the first DPCD access after entering power save
+	 * mode. Eg. on a read, the entire buffer will be filled with the same
+	 * byte. Do a throw away read to avoid corrupting anything we care
+	 * about. Afterwards things will work correctly until the monitor
+	 * gets woken up and subsequently re-enters power save mode.
+	 *
+	 * The user pressing any button on the monitor is enough to wake it
+	 * up, so there is no particularly good place to do the workaround.
+	 * We just have to do it before any DPCD access and hope that the
+	 * monitor doesn't power down exactly after the throw away read.
+	 */
+	ret = drm_dp_dpcd_access(aux, DP_AUX_NATIVE_READ, DP_DPCD_REV, buffer,
+				 1);
+	if (ret != 1)
+		return ret;
+
 	return drm_dp_dpcd_access(aux, DP_AUX_NATIVE_READ, offset, buffer,
 				  size);
 }