diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
index 1662dc49f18e..b0365cc1374e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 config DRM_AMDGPU
 	tristate "AMD GPU"
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on MMU
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on !UML
 	select FW_LOADER
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_SCHED
 	select DRM_TTM
 	select DRM_TTM_HELPER
 	select POWER_SUPPLY
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/Kconfig
index f366ece47146..387f5bd86089 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 config DRM_DW_HDMI
 	tristate
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select REGMAP_MMIO
 	select CEC_CORE if CEC_NOTIFIER
 
 config DRM_DW_HDMI_AHB_AUDIO
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
index d65f1a37c08c..01f2a231aa5f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ config DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
 	  DRM display helpers for HDCP.
 
 config DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	bool "DRM HDMI Helpers"
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
+	default y
 	help
 	  DRM display helpers for HDMI.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
index 87ef8c4d72a5..4f0d18a16b0f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
 config DRM_I915
 	tristate "Intel 8xx/9xx/G3x/G4x/HD Graphics"
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on X86 && PCI
 	depends on !PREEMPT_RT
 	select INTEL_GTT if X86
 	select INTERVAL_TREE
 	# we need shmfs for the swappable backing store, and in particular
 	# the shmem_readpage() which depends upon tmpfs
 	select SHMEM
 	select TMPFS
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_PANEL
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
 	select FB_IOMEM_HELPERS if DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION
 	select RELAY
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
index 7cc305b2826d..4c10b400658c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 config DRM_NOUVEAU
 	tristate "Nouveau (NVIDIA) cards"
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on MMU
 	select IOMMU_API
 	select FW_LOADER
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_TTM
 	select DRM_TTM_HELPER
 	select DRM_EXEC
 	select DRM_GPUVM
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig
index bb6e35261f11..6974caa99ece 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ config DRM_TEGRA
 	depends on ARCH_TEGRA || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on COMMON_CLK
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
 	select DRM_PANEL
 	select FB_DMAMEM_HELPERS if DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION
 	select TEGRA_HOST1X
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/Kconfig
index 98772a6b5bf0..4801f8b64d3d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/Kconfig
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 config DRM_VC4
 	tristate "Broadcom VC4 Graphics"
 	depends on ARCH_BCM || ARCH_BCM2835 || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on COMMON_CLK
 	depends on DRM
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on PM
 	# Make sure not 'y' when RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE is 'm'. This can only
 	# happen when COMPILE_TEST=y, hence the added !RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE.
 	depends on RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE || (COMPILE_TEST && !RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE)
 	depends on SND && SND_SOC
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_GEM_DMA_HELPER
 	select DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
 	select SND_PCM
 	select SND_PCM_ELD
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
index 1fa8ef75823c..bfa0e9d4bd64 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ config DRM_XE
 	tristate "Intel Xe Graphics"
 	depends on (m || (y && KUNIT=y))
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
+	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on MMU
 	depends on PCI
 	select INTERVAL_TREE
 	# we need shmfs for the swappable backing store, and in particular
@@ -17,11 +18,10 @@ config DRM_XE
 	select DRM_EXEC
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_KUNIT_TEST_HELPERS if DRM_XE_KUNIT_TEST != n
 	select DRM_PANEL
 	select DRM_SUBALLOC_HELPER
-	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
 	select RELAY
 	select IRQ_WORK
 	# xe depends on ACPI_VIDEO when ACPI is enabled
 	# but for select to work, need to select ACPI_VIDEO's dependencies, ick
