diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
index 5178f87d6574..4aeb960ccf15 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
@@ -1250,7 +1250,21 @@ static const struct panel_desc boe_nv133fhm_n61 = {
 		.height = 165,
 	},
 	.delay = {
-		.hpd_absent_delay = 200,
+		/*
+		 * When power is first given to the panel there's a short
+		 * spike on the HPD line.  It was explained that this spike
+		 * was until the TCON data download was complete.  On
+		 * one system this was measured at 8 ms.  We'll put 15 ms
+		 * in the prepare delay just to be safe and take it away
+		 * from the hpd_absent_delay (which would otherwise be 200 ms)
+		 * to handle this.  That means:
+		 * - If HPD isn't hooked up you still have 200 ms delay.
+		 * - If HPD is hooked up we won't try to look at it for the
+		 *   first 15 ms.
+		 */
+		.prepare = 15,
+		.hpd_absent_delay = 185,
+
 		.unprepare = 500,
 	},
 	.bus_format = MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X24,