diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
index 5fcd2f0da7f7..82a688192201 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ static void vc4_drm_unbind(struct device *dev)
 
 	drm_mode_config_cleanup(drm);
 
+	drm_atomic_private_obj_fini(&vc4->load_tracker);
 	drm_atomic_private_obj_fini(&vc4->ctm_manager);
 
 	drm_dev_put(drm);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.h
index b34da7b6ee6b..ea596791231d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ struct vc4_dev {
 
 	struct drm_modeset_lock ctm_state_lock;
 	struct drm_private_obj ctm_manager;
+	struct drm_private_obj load_tracker;
 };
 
 static inline struct vc4_dev *
@@ -383,6 +384,16 @@ struct vc4_plane_state {
 	 * when async update is not possible.
 	 */
 	bool dlist_initialized;
+
+	/* Load of this plane on the HVS block. The load is expressed in HVS
+	 * cycles/sec.
+	 */
+	u64 hvs_load;
+
+	/* Memory bandwidth needed for this plane. This is expressed in
+	 * bytes/sec.
+	 */
+	u64 membus_load;
 };
 
 static inline struct vc4_plane_state *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_kms.c
index 3c87fbcd0b17..8c9341bee5ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_kms.c
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ static struct vc4_ctm_state *to_vc4_ctm_state(struct drm_private_state *priv)
 	return container_of(priv, struct vc4_ctm_state, base);
 }
 
+struct vc4_load_tracker_state {
+	struct drm_private_state base;
+	u64 hvs_load;
+	u64 membus_load;
+};
+
+static struct vc4_load_tracker_state *
+to_vc4_load_tracker_state(struct drm_private_state *priv)
+{
+	return container_of(priv, struct vc4_load_tracker_state, base);
+}
+
 static struct vc4_ctm_state *vc4_get_ctm_state(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 					       struct drm_private_obj *manager)
 {
@@ -389,6 +401,81 @@ vc4_ctm_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int vc4_load_tracker_atomic_check(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
+{
+	struct drm_plane_state *old_plane_state, *new_plane_state;
+	struct vc4_dev *vc4 = to_vc4_dev(state->dev);
+	struct vc4_load_tracker_state *load_state;
+	struct drm_private_state *priv_state;
+	struct drm_plane *plane;
+	int i;
+
+	priv_state = drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state(state,
+						      &vc4->load_tracker);
+	if (IS_ERR(priv_state))
+		return PTR_ERR(priv_state);
+
+	load_state = to_vc4_load_tracker_state(priv_state);
+	for_each_oldnew_plane_in_state(state, plane, old_plane_state,
+				       new_plane_state, i) {
+		struct vc4_plane_state *vc4_plane_state;
+
+		if (old_plane_state->fb && old_plane_state->crtc) {
+			vc4_plane_state = to_vc4_plane_state(old_plane_state);
+			load_state->membus_load -= vc4_plane_state->membus_load;
+			load_state->hvs_load -= vc4_plane_state->hvs_load;
+		}
+
+		if (new_plane_state->fb && new_plane_state->crtc) {
+			vc4_plane_state = to_vc4_plane_state(new_plane_state);
+			load_state->membus_load += vc4_plane_state->membus_load;
+			load_state->hvs_load += vc4_plane_state->hvs_load;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* The absolute limit is 2Gbyte/sec, but let's take a margin to let
+	 * the system work when other blocks are accessing the memory.
+	 */
+	if (load_state->membus_load > SZ_1G + SZ_512M)
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	/* HVS clock is supposed to run @ 250Mhz, let's take a margin and
+	 * consider the maximum number of cycles is 240M.
+	 */
+	if (load_state->hvs_load > 240000000ULL)
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct drm_private_state *
+vc4_load_tracker_duplicate_state(struct drm_private_obj *obj)
+{
+	struct vc4_load_tracker_state *state;
+
+	state = kmemdup(obj->state, sizeof(*state), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!state)
+		return NULL;
+
+	__drm_atomic_helper_private_obj_duplicate_state(obj, &state->base);
+
+	return &state->base;
+}
+
+static void vc4_load_tracker_destroy_state(struct drm_private_obj *obj,
+					   struct drm_private_state *state)
+{
+	struct vc4_load_tracker_state *load_state;
+
+	load_state = to_vc4_load_tracker_state(state);
+	kfree(load_state);
+}
+
+static const struct drm_private_state_funcs vc4_load_tracker_state_funcs = {
+	.atomic_duplicate_state = vc4_load_tracker_duplicate_state,
+	.atomic_destroy_state = vc4_load_tracker_destroy_state,
+};
+
 static int
 vc4_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 {
@@ -398,7 +485,11 @@ vc4_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	return drm_atomic_helper_check(dev, state);
+	ret = drm_atomic_helper_check(dev, state);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return vc4_load_tracker_atomic_check(state);
 }
 
 static const struct drm_mode_config_funcs vc4_mode_funcs = {
@@ -411,6 +502,7 @@ int vc4_kms_load(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct vc4_dev *vc4 = to_vc4_dev(dev);
 	struct vc4_ctm_state *ctm_state;
+	struct vc4_load_tracker_state *load_state;
 	int ret;
 
 	sema_init(&vc4->async_modeset, 1);
@@ -440,6 +532,15 @@ int vc4_kms_load(struct drm_device *dev)
 	drm_atomic_private_obj_init(dev, &vc4->ctm_manager, &ctm_state->base,
 				    &vc4_ctm_state_funcs);
 
+	load_state = kzalloc(sizeof(*load_state), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!load_state) {
+		drm_atomic_private_obj_fini(&vc4->ctm_manager);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	drm_atomic_private_obj_init(dev, &vc4->load_tracker, &load_state->base,
+				    &vc4_load_tracker_state_funcs);
+
 	drm_mode_config_reset(dev);
 
 	drm_kms_helper_poll_init(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_plane.c
index d098337c10e9..88288793862a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_plane.c
@@ -488,6 +488,61 @@ static void vc4_write_scaling_parameters(struct drm_plane_state *state,
 	}
 }
 
+static void vc4_plane_calc_load(struct drm_plane_state *state)
+{
+	unsigned int hvs_load_shift, vrefresh, i;
+	struct drm_framebuffer *fb = state->fb;
+	struct vc4_plane_state *vc4_state;
+	struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
+	unsigned int vscale_factor;
+
+	vc4_state = to_vc4_plane_state(state);
+	crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_existing_crtc_state(state->state,
+							state->crtc);
+	vrefresh = drm_mode_vrefresh(&crtc_state->adjusted_mode);
+
+	/* The HVS is able to process 2 pixels/cycle when scaling the source,
+	 * 4 pixels/cycle otherwise.
+	 * Alpha blending step seems to be pipelined and it's always operating
+	 * at 4 pixels/cycle, so the limiting aspect here seems to be the
+	 * scaler block.
+	 * HVS load is expressed in clk-cycles/sec (AKA Hz).
+	 */
+	if (vc4_state->x_scaling[0] != VC4_SCALING_NONE ||
+	    vc4_state->x_scaling[1] != VC4_SCALING_NONE ||
+	    vc4_state->y_scaling[0] != VC4_SCALING_NONE ||
+	    vc4_state->y_scaling[1] != VC4_SCALING_NONE)
+		hvs_load_shift = 1;
+	else
+		hvs_load_shift = 2;
+
+	vc4_state->membus_load = 0;
+	vc4_state->hvs_load = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < fb->format->num_planes; i++) {
+		/* Even if the bandwidth/plane required for a single frame is
+		 *
+		 * vc4_state->src_w[i] * vc4_state->src_h[i] * cpp * vrefresh
+		 *
+		 * when downscaling, we have to read more pixels per line in
+		 * the time frame reserved for a single line, so the bandwidth
+		 * demand can be punctually higher. To account for that, we
+		 * calculate the down-scaling factor and multiply the plane
+		 * load by this number. We're likely over-estimating the read
+		 * demand, but that's better than under-estimating it.
+		 */
+		vscale_factor = DIV_ROUND_UP(vc4_state->src_h[i],
+					     vc4_state->crtc_h);
+		vc4_state->membus_load += vc4_state->src_w[i] *
+					  vc4_state->src_h[i] * vscale_factor *
+					  fb->format->cpp[i];
+		vc4_state->hvs_load += vc4_state->crtc_h * vc4_state->crtc_w;
+	}
+
+	vc4_state->hvs_load *= vrefresh;
+	vc4_state->hvs_load >>= hvs_load_shift;
+	vc4_state->membus_load *= vrefresh;
+}
+
 static int vc4_plane_allocate_lbm(struct drm_plane_state *state)
 {
 	struct vc4_dev *vc4 = to_vc4_dev(state->plane->dev);
@@ -875,6 +930,8 @@ static int vc4_plane_mode_set(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	 */
 	vc4_state->dlist_initialized = 1;
 
+	vc4_plane_calc_load(state);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
