diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c
index 17fd1cd5212c..6e5bd0b92dfa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c
@@ -490,23 +490,51 @@ static void rcar_du_crtc_start(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
 	rcar_du_group_start_stop(rcrtc->group, true);
 }
 
+static void rcar_du_crtc_disable_planes(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
+{
+	struct rcar_du_device *rcdu = rcrtc->group->dev;
+	struct drm_crtc *crtc = &rcrtc->crtc;
+	u32 status;
+
+	/* Make sure vblank interrupts are enabled. */
+	drm_crtc_vblank_get(crtc);
+
+	/*
+	 * Disable planes and calculate how many vertical blanking interrupts we
+	 * have to wait for. If a vertical blanking interrupt has been triggered
+	 * but not processed yet, we don't know whether it occurred before or
+	 * after the planes got disabled. We thus have to wait for two vblank
+	 * interrupts in that case.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irq(&rcrtc->vblank_lock);
+	rcar_du_group_write(rcrtc->group, rcrtc->index % 2 ? DS2PR : DS1PR, 0);
+	status = rcar_du_crtc_read(rcrtc, DSSR);
+	rcrtc->vblank_count = status & DSSR_VBK ? 2 : 1;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&rcrtc->vblank_lock);
+
+	if (!wait_event_timeout(rcrtc->vblank_wait, rcrtc->vblank_count == 0,
+				msecs_to_jiffies(100)))
+		dev_warn(rcdu->dev, "vertical blanking timeout\n");
+
+	drm_crtc_vblank_put(crtc);
+}
+
 static void rcar_du_crtc_stop(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
 {
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc = &rcrtc->crtc;
 
 	/*
 	 * Disable all planes and wait for the change to take effect. This is
-	 * required as the DSnPR registers are updated on vblank, and no vblank
-	 * will occur once the CRTC is stopped. Disabling planes when starting
-	 * the CRTC thus wouldn't be enough as it would start scanning out
-	 * immediately from old frame buffers until the next vblank.
+	 * required as the plane enable registers are updated on vblank, and no
+	 * vblank will occur once the CRTC is stopped. Disabling planes when
+	 * starting the CRTC thus wouldn't be enough as it would start scanning
+	 * out immediately from old frame buffers until the next vblank.
 	 *
 	 * This increases the CRTC stop delay, especially when multiple CRTCs
 	 * are stopped in one operation as we now wait for one vblank per CRTC.
 	 * Whether this can be improved needs to be researched.
 	 */
-	rcar_du_group_write(rcrtc->group, rcrtc->index % 2 ? DS2PR : DS1PR, 0);
-	drm_crtc_wait_one_vblank(crtc);
+	rcar_du_crtc_disable_planes(rcrtc);
 
 	/*
 	 * Disable vertical blanking interrupt reporting. We first need to wait
@@ -695,10 +723,26 @@ static irqreturn_t rcar_du_crtc_irq(int irq, void *arg)
 	irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;
 	u32 status;
 
+	spin_lock(&rcrtc->vblank_lock);
+
 	status = rcar_du_crtc_read(rcrtc, DSSR);
 	rcar_du_crtc_write(rcrtc, DSRCR, status & DSRCR_MASK);
 
 	if (status & DSSR_VBK) {
+		/*
+		 * Wake up the vblank wait if the counter reaches 0. This must
+		 * be protected by the vblank_lock to avoid races in
+		 * rcar_du_crtc_disable_planes().
+		 */
+		if (rcrtc->vblank_count) {
+			if (--rcrtc->vblank_count == 0)
+				wake_up(&rcrtc->vblank_wait);
+		}
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock(&rcrtc->vblank_lock);
+
+	if (status & DSSR_VBK) {
 		drm_crtc_handle_vblank(&rcrtc->crtc);
 
 		if (rcdu->info->gen < 3)
@@ -756,6 +800,8 @@ int rcar_du_crtc_create(struct rcar_du_group *rgrp, unsigned int index)
 	}
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&rcrtc->flip_wait);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&rcrtc->vblank_wait);
+	spin_lock_init(&rcrtc->vblank_lock);
 
 	rcrtc->group = rgrp;
 	rcrtc->mmio_offset = mmio_offsets[index];
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h
index 3cc376826592..065b91f5b1d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define __RCAR_DU_CRTC_H__
 
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 
 #include <drm/drmP.h>
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ struct rcar_du_vsp;
  * @initialized: whether the CRTC has been initialized and clocks enabled
  * @event: event to post when the pending page flip completes
  * @flip_wait: wait queue used to signal page flip completion
+ * @vblank_lock: protects vblank_wait and vblank_count
+ * @vblank_wait: wait queue used to signal vertical blanking
+ * @vblank_count: number of vertical blanking interrupts to wait for
  * @outputs: bitmask of the outputs (enum rcar_du_output) driven by this CRTC
  * @group: CRTC group this CRTC belongs to
  * @vsp: VSP feeding video to this CRTC
@@ -50,6 +54,10 @@ struct rcar_du_crtc {
 	struct drm_pending_vblank_event *event;
 	wait_queue_head_t flip_wait;
 
+	spinlock_t vblank_lock;
+	wait_queue_head_t vblank_wait;
+	unsigned int vblank_count;
+
 	unsigned int outputs;
 
 	struct rcar_du_group *group;
