--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c
@@ -1870,6 +1870,15 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Some panels (e.g. Novatek DDICs with fixed rate control tables in
+	 * the decoder) need the exact RC configuration the vendor encoder
+	 * used, not the one derived here from the generic DSC tables. Keep a
+	 * configuration the panel driver already filled in completely.
+	 */
+	if (dsc->rc_model_size && dsc->slice_chunk_size && dsc->initial_dec_delay)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (dsc->bits_per_pixel & 0xf) {
 		DRM_DEV_ERROR(&msm_host->pdev->dev, "DSI does not support fractional bits_per_pixel\n");
 		return -EINVAL;