diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c
index 0b86ed01e85d..eb2971218e28 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct vsp1_dl_body {
  * @fragments: list of extra display list bodies
  * @has_chain: if true, indicates that there's a partition chain
  * @chain: entry in the display list partition chain
+ * @notify: whether the display list completion should be notified
  */
 struct vsp1_dl_list {
 	struct list_head list;
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ struct vsp1_dl_list {
 
 	bool has_chain;
 	struct list_head chain;
+
+	bool notify;
 };
 
 enum vsp1_dl_mode {
@@ -550,8 +553,16 @@ static void vsp1_dl_list_commit_continuous(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl)
 	 * case we can't replace the queued list by the new one, as we could
 	 * race with the hardware. We thus mark the update as pending, it will
 	 * be queued up to the hardware by the frame end interrupt handler.
+	 *
+	 * If a display list is already pending we simply drop it as the new
+	 * display list is assumed to contain a more recent configuration. It is
+	 * an error if the already pending list has the notify flag set, as
+	 * there is then a process waiting for that list to complete. This
+	 * shouldn't happen as the waiting process should perform proper
+	 * locking, but warn just in case.
 	 */
 	if (vsp1_dl_list_hw_update_pending(dlm)) {
+		WARN_ON(dlm->pending && dlm->pending->notify);
 		__vsp1_dl_list_put(dlm->pending);
 		dlm->pending = dl;
 		return;
@@ -581,7 +592,7 @@ static void vsp1_dl_list_commit_singleshot(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl)
 	dlm->active = dl;
 }
 
-void vsp1_dl_list_commit(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl)
+void vsp1_dl_list_commit(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl, bool notify)
 {
 	struct vsp1_dl_manager *dlm = dl->dlm;
 	struct vsp1_dl_list *dl_child;
@@ -598,6 +609,8 @@ void vsp1_dl_list_commit(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl)
 		}
 	}
 
+	dl->notify = notify;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dlm->lock, flags);
 
 	if (dlm->singleshot)
@@ -615,16 +628,23 @@ void vsp1_dl_list_commit(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl)
 /**
  * vsp1_dlm_irq_frame_end - Display list handler for the frame end interrupt
  * @dlm: the display list manager
+ * @notify: whether the display list that completed has notification enabled
  *
  * Return true if the previous display list has completed at frame end, or false
  * if it has been delayed by one frame because the display list commit raced
  * with the frame end interrupt. The function always returns true in header mode
  * as display list processing is then not continuous and races never occur.
+ *
+ * Upon return, the @notify parameter is set to true if the previous display
+ * list has completed and had been queued with the notify flag, or to false
+ * otherwise. Notification is only supported for continuous mode.
  */
-bool vsp1_dlm_irq_frame_end(struct vsp1_dl_manager *dlm)
+bool vsp1_dlm_irq_frame_end(struct vsp1_dl_manager *dlm, bool *notify)
 {
 	bool completed = false;
 
+	*notify = false;
+
 	spin_lock(&dlm->lock);
 
 	/*
@@ -652,6 +672,9 @@ bool vsp1_dlm_irq_frame_end(struct vsp1_dl_manager *dlm)
 	 * frame end interrupt. The display list thus becomes active.
 	 */
 	if (dlm->queued) {
+		*notify = dlm->queued->notify;
+		dlm->queued->notify = false;
+
 		__vsp1_dl_list_put(dlm->active);
 		dlm->active = dlm->queued;
 		dlm->queued = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.h b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.h
index ee3508172f0a..480c6b0dd2e4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.h
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ struct vsp1_dl_manager *vsp1_dlm_create(struct vsp1_device *vsp1,
 					unsigned int prealloc);
 void vsp1_dlm_destroy(struct vsp1_dl_manager *dlm);
 void vsp1_dlm_reset(struct vsp1_dl_manager *dlm);
-bool vsp1_dlm_irq_frame_end(struct vsp1_dl_manager *dlm);
+bool vsp1_dlm_irq_frame_end(struct vsp1_dl_manager *dlm, bool *notify);
 
 struct vsp1_dl_list *vsp1_dl_list_get(struct vsp1_dl_manager *dlm);
 void vsp1_dl_list_put(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl);
 void vsp1_dl_list_write(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl, u32 reg, u32 data);
-void vsp1_dl_list_commit(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl);
+void vsp1_dl_list_commit(struct vsp1_dl_list *dl, bool notify);
 
 struct vsp1_dl_body *vsp1_dl_fragment_alloc(struct vsp1_device *vsp1,
 					    unsigned int num_entries);
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_drm.c b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_drm.c
index 1c8adda47440..d705a6e9fa1d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_drm.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  */
 
 static void vsp1_du_pipeline_frame_end(struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe,
-				       bool completed)
+				       bool completed, bool notify)
 {
 	struct vsp1_drm_pipeline *drm_pipe = to_vsp1_drm_pipeline(pipe);
 
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static void vsp1_du_pipeline_configure(struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe)
 		}
 	}
 
-	vsp1_dl_list_commit(dl);
+	vsp1_dl_list_commit(dl, false);
 }
 
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_pipe.c b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_pipe.c
index 99ccbac3256a..4d819c9019f4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_pipe.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_pipe.c
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ bool vsp1_pipeline_ready(struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe)
 void vsp1_pipeline_frame_end(struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe)
 {
 	bool completed;
+	bool notify;
 
 	if (pipe == NULL)
 		return;
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ void vsp1_pipeline_frame_end(struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe)
 	 * up being postponed by one frame. @completed represents whether the
 	 * active frame was finished or postponed.
 	 */
-	completed = vsp1_dlm_irq_frame_end(pipe->output->dlm);
+	completed = vsp1_dlm_irq_frame_end(pipe->output->dlm, &notify);
 
 	if (pipe->hgo)
 		vsp1_hgo_frame_end(pipe->hgo);
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ void vsp1_pipeline_frame_end(struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe)
 	 * frame_end to account for vblank events.
 	 */
 	if (pipe->frame_end)
-		pipe->frame_end(pipe, completed);
+		pipe->frame_end(pipe, completed, notify);
 
 	pipe->sequence++;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_pipe.h b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_pipe.h
index dfff9b5685fe..482711024fa2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_pipe.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_pipe.h
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ struct vsp1_pipeline {
 	enum vsp1_pipeline_state state;
 	wait_queue_head_t wq;
 
-	void (*frame_end)(struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe, bool completed);
+	void (*frame_end)(struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe, bool completed,
+			  bool notify);
 
 	struct mutex lock;
 	struct kref kref;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c
index cdd53d6cc408..483b4259e1b4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c
@@ -437,14 +437,14 @@ static void vsp1_video_pipeline_run(struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe)
 	}
 
 	/* Complete, and commit the head display list. */
-	vsp1_dl_list_commit(pipe->dl);
+	vsp1_dl_list_commit(pipe->dl, false);
 	pipe->dl = NULL;
 
 	vsp1_pipeline_run(pipe);
 }
 
 static void vsp1_video_pipeline_frame_end(struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe,
-					  bool completed)
+					  bool completed, bool notify)
 {
 	struct vsp1_device *vsp1 = pipe->output->entity.vsp1;
 	enum vsp1_pipeline_state state;
