diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c
index 87cfde9..cc94cbb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
 #include <drm/drm_flip_work.h>
 #include <drm/drm_plane_helper.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
 
 #include "tilcdc_drv.h"
 #include "tilcdc_regs.h"
 
-#define TILCDC_VBLANK_SAFETY_THRESHOLD_US 1000
+#define TILCDC_VBLANK_SAFETY_THRESHOLD_US	1000
+#define TILCDC_REV1_PALETTE_SIZE		32
+#define TILCDC_REV1_PALETTE_FIRST_ENTRY		0x4000
 
 struct tilcdc_crtc {
 	struct drm_crtc base;
@@ -53,6 +56,10 @@ struct tilcdc_crtc {
 
 	int sync_lost_count;
 	bool frame_intact;
+
+	dma_addr_t palette_dma_handle;
+	void *palette_base;
+	struct completion palette_loaded;
 };
 #define to_tilcdc_crtc(x) container_of(x, struct tilcdc_crtc, base)
 
@@ -100,6 +107,55 @@ static void set_scanout(struct drm_crtc *crtc, struct drm_framebuffer *fb)
 	tilcdc_crtc->curr_fb = fb;
 }
 
+/*
+ * The driver currently only supports the RGB565 format for revision 1. For
+ * 16 bits-per-pixel the palette block is bypassed, but the first 32 bytes of
+ * the framebuffer are still considered palette. The first 16-bit entry must
+ * be 0x4000 while all other entries must be zeroed.
+ */
+static void tilcdc_crtc_load_palette(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
+{
+	u32 dma_fb_base, dma_fb_ceiling, raster_ctl;
+	struct tilcdc_crtc *tilcdc_crtc;
+	struct drm_device *dev;
+	u16 *first_entry;
+
+	dev = crtc->dev;
+	tilcdc_crtc = to_tilcdc_crtc(crtc);
+	first_entry = tilcdc_crtc->palette_base;
+
+	*first_entry = TILCDC_REV1_PALETTE_FIRST_ENTRY;
+
+	dma_fb_base = tilcdc_read(dev, LCDC_DMA_FB_BASE_ADDR_0_REG);
+	dma_fb_ceiling = tilcdc_read(dev, LCDC_DMA_FB_CEILING_ADDR_0_REG);
+	raster_ctl = tilcdc_read(dev, LCDC_RASTER_CTRL_REG);
+
+	/* Tell the LCDC where the palette is located. */
+	tilcdc_write(dev, LCDC_DMA_FB_BASE_ADDR_0_REG,
+		     tilcdc_crtc->palette_dma_handle);
+	tilcdc_write(dev, LCDC_DMA_FB_CEILING_ADDR_0_REG,
+		     (u32)tilcdc_crtc->palette_dma_handle
+				+ TILCDC_REV1_PALETTE_SIZE - 1);
+
+	/* Load it. */
+	tilcdc_clear(dev, LCDC_RASTER_CTRL_REG,
+		     LCDC_PALETTE_LOAD_MODE(DATA_ONLY));
+	tilcdc_set(dev, LCDC_RASTER_CTRL_REG,
+		   LCDC_PALETTE_LOAD_MODE(PALETTE_ONLY));
+
+	/* Enable the LCDC and wait for palette to be loaded. */
+	tilcdc_set(dev, LCDC_RASTER_CTRL_REG, LCDC_V1_PL_INT_ENA);
+	tilcdc_set(dev, LCDC_RASTER_CTRL_REG, LCDC_RASTER_ENABLE);
+
+	wait_for_completion(&tilcdc_crtc->palette_loaded);
+
+	/* Restore the registers. */
+	tilcdc_clear(dev, LCDC_RASTER_CTRL_REG, LCDC_RASTER_ENABLE);
+	tilcdc_write(dev, LCDC_DMA_FB_BASE_ADDR_0_REG, dma_fb_base);
+	tilcdc_write(dev, LCDC_DMA_FB_CEILING_ADDR_0_REG, dma_fb_ceiling);
+	tilcdc_write(dev, LCDC_RASTER_CTRL_REG, raster_ctl);
+}
+
 static void tilcdc_crtc_enable_irqs(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct tilcdc_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
@@ -154,6 +210,7 @@ static void tilcdc_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = crtc->dev;
 	struct tilcdc_crtc *tilcdc_crtc = to_tilcdc_crtc(crtc);
+	struct tilcdc_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 
 	WARN_ON(!drm_modeset_is_locked(&crtc->mutex));
 
@@ -164,6 +221,9 @@ static void tilcdc_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 
 	reset(crtc);
 
+	if (priv->rev == 1 && !completion_done(&tilcdc_crtc->palette_loaded))
+		tilcdc_crtc_load_palette(crtc);
+
 	tilcdc_crtc_enable_irqs(dev);
 
 	tilcdc_clear(dev, LCDC_DMA_CTRL_REG, LCDC_DUAL_FRAME_BUFFER_ENABLE);
@@ -245,6 +305,10 @@ static void tilcdc_crtc_destroy(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	of_node_put(crtc->port);
 	drm_crtc_cleanup(crtc);
 	drm_flip_work_cleanup(&tilcdc_crtc->unref_work);
+
+	dma_free_coherent(crtc->dev->dev, TILCDC_REV1_PALETTE_SIZE,
+			  tilcdc_crtc->palette_base,
+			  tilcdc_crtc->palette_dma_handle);
 }
 
 int tilcdc_crtc_update_fb(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
@@ -804,6 +868,14 @@ irqreturn_t tilcdc_crtc_irq(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 		dev_err_ratelimited(dev->dev, "%s(0x%08x): FIFO underfow",
 				    __func__, stat);
 
+	if (priv->rev == 1) {
+		if (stat & LCDC_PL_LOAD_DONE) {
+			complete(&tilcdc_crtc->palette_loaded);
+			tilcdc_clear(dev,
+				     LCDC_RASTER_CTRL_REG, LCDC_V1_PL_INT_ENA);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* For revision 2 only */
 	if (priv->rev == 2) {
 		if (stat & LCDC_FRAME_DONE) {
@@ -845,6 +917,14 @@ struct drm_crtc *tilcdc_crtc_create(struct drm_device *dev)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	init_completion(&tilcdc_crtc->palette_loaded);
+	tilcdc_crtc->palette_base = dma_zalloc_coherent(dev->dev,
+					TILCDC_REV1_PALETTE_SIZE,
+					&tilcdc_crtc->palette_dma_handle,
+					GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tilcdc_crtc->palette_base)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
 	crtc = &tilcdc_crtc->base;
 
 	ret = tilcdc_plane_init(dev, &tilcdc_crtc->primary);
