diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
index 300e7bab0f431..01e0f525360f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c
@@ -115,6 +115,35 @@ static void mxsfb_enable_controller(struct mxsfb_drm_private *mxsfb)
 	reg |= VDCTRL4_SYNC_SIGNALS_ON;
 	writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_VDCTRL4);
 
+	/*
+	 * Enable recovery on underflow.
+	 *
+	 * There is some sort of corner case behavior of the controller,
+	 * which could rarely be triggered at least on i.MX6SX connected
+	 * to 800x480 DPI panel and i.MX8MM connected to DPI->DSI->LVDS
+	 * bridged 1920x1080 panel (and likely on other setups too), where
+	 * the image on the panel shifts to the right and wraps around.
+	 * This happens either when the controller is enabled on boot or
+	 * even later during run time. The condition does not correct
+	 * itself automatically, i.e. the display image remains shifted.
+	 *
+	 * It seems this problem is known and is due to sporadic underflows
+	 * of the LCDIF FIFO. While the LCDIF IP does have underflow/overflow
+	 * IRQs, neither of the IRQs trigger and neither IRQ status bit is
+	 * asserted when this condition occurs.
+	 *
+	 * All known revisions of the LCDIF IP have CTRL1 RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW
+	 * bit, which is described in the reference manual since i.MX23 as
+	 * "
+	 *   Set this bit to enable the LCDIF block to recover in the next
+	 *   field/frame if there was an underflow in the current field/frame.
+	 * "
+	 * Enable this bit to mitigate the sporadic underflows.
+	 */
+	reg = readl(mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
+	reg |= CTRL1_RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW;
+	writel(reg, mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL1);
+
 	writel(CTRL_RUN, mxsfb->base + LCDC_CTRL + REG_SET);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
index 55d28a27f9124..df90e960f495c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_regs.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #define CTRL_DF24			BIT(1)
 #define CTRL_RUN			BIT(0)
 
+#define CTRL1_RECOVER_ON_UNDERFLOW	BIT(24)
 #define CTRL1_FIFO_CLEAR		BIT(21)
 #define CTRL1_SET_BYTE_PACKAGING(x)	(((x) & 0xf) << 16)
 #define CTRL1_GET_BYTE_PACKAGING(x)	(((x) >> 16) & 0xf)