diff --git a/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/patches.drm/add-TCON-global-control-reg-for-pad-selection.patch b/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/patches.drm/add-TCON-global-control-reg-for-pad-selection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1a25e9690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/patches.drm/add-TCON-global-control-reg-for-pad-selection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 86ef31fcb116682d399b9723a7ab66c87e6f2cc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stephen Graf <stephen.graf@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 05:12:44 +0000
+Subject: add TCON global control reg for pad selection
+
+Signed-off-by: Stephen Graf <stephen.graf@gmail.com>
+---
+ drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c | 4 ++++
+ drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.h | 1 +
+ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
+index af67bf2e6e09..88984572f5c5 100644
+--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
++++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
+@@ -1308,6 +1308,10 @@ static int sun4i_tcon_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
+ 		goto err_free_dclk;
+ 	}
+ 
++	regmap_update_bits(tcon->regs, SUN4I_TCON_GCTL_REG,
++		           SUN4I_TCON_GCTL_PAD_SEL,
++		           SUN4I_TCON_GCTL_PAD_SEL);
++
+ 	if (tcon->quirks->has_channel_0) {
+ 		/*
+ 		 * If we have an LVDS panel connected to the TCON, we should
+diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.h
+index bd4abc90062b..e8d28bad4060 100644
+--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.h
++++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.h
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ 
+ #define SUN4I_TCON_GCTL_REG			0x0
+ #define SUN4I_TCON_GCTL_TCON_ENABLE			BIT(31)
++#define SUN4I_TCON_GCTL_PAD_SEL				BIT(1)
+ #define SUN4I_TCON_GCTL_IOMAP_MASK			BIT(0)
+ #define SUN4I_TCON_GCTL_IOMAP_TCON1			(1 << 0)
+ #define SUN4I_TCON_GCTL_IOMAP_TCON0			(0 << 0)
+-- 
+2.35.3
+
diff --git a/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/series.conf b/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/series.conf
index c0bc934b2e..b8dcd44392 100644
--- a/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/series.conf
+++ b/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/series.conf
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@
 	patches.drm/drm-sun4i-de33-fmt-add-Display-Engine-3.3-DE33-support.patch
 	patches.drm/drm-sun4i-de33-csc-add-Display-Engine-3.3-DE33-support.patch
 	patches.drm/drm-sun4i-add-sun50i-h616-hdmi-phy-support.patch
+	patches.drm/add-TCON-global-control-reg-for-pad-selection.patch
 
 ################################################################################
 #
diff --git a/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/series.drm b/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/series.drm
index f0781ed962..8d6f3c805b 100644
--- a/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/series.drm
+++ b/patch/kernel/archive/sunxi-6.12/series.drm
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@
 	patches.drm/drm-sun4i-de33-fmt-add-Display-Engine-3.3-DE33-support.patch
 	patches.drm/drm-sun4i-de33-csc-add-Display-Engine-3.3-DE33-support.patch
 	patches.drm/drm-sun4i-add-sun50i-h616-hdmi-phy-support.patch
+	patches.drm/add-TCON-global-control-reg-for-pad-selection.patch