diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c
index dc2ef12..a4c17d6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c
@@ -190,11 +190,13 @@ int drm_writeback_connector_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (IS_ERR(blob))
 		return PTR_ERR(blob);
 
-	drm_encoder_helper_add(&wb_connector->encoder, enc_helper_funcs);
+	drm_encoder_helper_add(wb_connector->encoder, enc_helper_funcs);
 
-	wb_connector->encoder.possible_crtcs = possible_crtcs;
+	wb_connector->encoder = &wb_connector->internal_encoder;
 
-	ret = drm_encoder_init(dev, &wb_connector->encoder,
+	wb_connector->encoder->possible_crtcs = possible_crtcs;
+
+	ret = drm_encoder_init(dev, wb_connector->encoder,
 			       &drm_writeback_encoder_funcs,
 			       DRM_MODE_ENCODER_VIRTUAL, NULL);
 	if (ret)
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ int drm_writeback_connector_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 		goto connector_fail;
 
 	ret = drm_connector_attach_encoder(connector,
-						&wb_connector->encoder);
+						wb_connector->encoder);
 	if (ret)
 		goto attach_fail;
 
@@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ int drm_writeback_connector_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 attach_fail:
 	drm_connector_cleanup(connector);
 connector_fail:
-	drm_encoder_cleanup(&wb_connector->encoder);
+	drm_encoder_cleanup(wb_connector->encoder);
 fail:
 	drm_property_blob_put(blob);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_txp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_txp.c
index 3447eb6..341a9be5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_txp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_txp.c
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ struct vc4_txp {
 
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
 
+	struct drm_encoder drm_enc;
+
 	struct drm_writeback_connector connector;
 
 	void __iomem *regs;
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ struct vc4_txp {
 
 static inline struct vc4_txp *encoder_to_vc4_txp(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 {
-	return container_of(encoder, struct vc4_txp, connector.encoder);
+	return container_of(encoder, struct vc4_txp, drm_enc);
 }
 
 static inline struct vc4_txp *connector_to_vc4_txp(struct drm_connector *conn)
@@ -467,6 +469,7 @@ static int vc4_txp_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 	struct vc4_txp *txp;
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
 	struct drm_encoder *encoder;
+	struct drm_writeback_connector *wb_conn;
 	int ret, irq;
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
@@ -492,9 +495,12 @@ static int vc4_txp_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 	txp->regset.regs = txp_regs;
 	txp->regset.nregs = ARRAY_SIZE(txp_regs);
 
-	drm_connector_helper_add(&txp->connector.base,
+	wb_conn = &txp->connector;
+	wb_conn->encoder = &txp->drm_enc;
+
+	drm_connector_helper_add(&wb_conn->base,
 				 &vc4_txp_connector_helper_funcs);
-	ret = drm_writeback_connector_init(drm, &txp->connector,
+	ret = drm_writeback_connector_init(drm, wb_conn,
 					   &vc4_txp_connector_funcs,
 					   &vc4_txp_encoder_helper_funcs,
 					   drm_fmts, ARRAY_SIZE(drm_fmts),
@@ -507,7 +513,7 @@ static int vc4_txp_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	encoder = &txp->connector.encoder;
+	encoder = txp->connector.encoder;
 	encoder->possible_crtcs = drm_crtc_mask(crtc);
 
 	ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, vc4_txp_interrupt, 0,
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_writeback.h b/include/drm/drm_writeback.h
index db6214f..c525b60 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_writeback.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_writeback.h
@@ -25,15 +25,29 @@ struct drm_writeback_connector {
 	struct drm_connector base;
 
 	/**
-	 * @encoder: Internal encoder used by the connector to fulfill
+	 * @encoder: handle to drm_encoder used by the connector to fulfill
 	 * the DRM framework requirements. The users of the
 	 * @drm_writeback_connector control the behaviour of the @encoder
 	 * by passing the @enc_funcs parameter to drm_writeback_connector_init()
 	 * function.
+	 *
+	 * For some vendor drivers, the hardware resources are shared between
+	 * writeback encoder and rest of the display pipeline.
+	 * To accommodate such cases, encoder is a handle to the real encoder
+	 * hardware.
+	 *
+	 * For current existing writeback users, this shall continue to be the
+	 * embedded encoder for the writeback connector.
 	 */
-	struct drm_encoder encoder;
+	struct drm_encoder *encoder;
 
 	/**
+	 * @internal_encoder: internal encoder used by writeback when
+	 * a real encoder is not provided by the vendor drm drivers.
+	 * @encoder will be assigned to this for those cases.
+	 */
+	struct drm_encoder internal_encoder;
+	/**
 	 * @pixel_formats_blob_ptr:
 	 *
 	 * DRM blob property data for the pixel formats list on writeback
