diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c
index 6a51f39dde56..f56e8b3efada 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id of_hantro_match[] = {
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_HANTRO_IMX8M
 	{ .compatible = "nxp,imx8mq-vpu", .data = &imx8mq_vpu_variant, },
+	{ .compatible = "nxp,imx8mq-vpu-g1", .data = &imx8mq_vpu_g1_variant },
 	{ .compatible = "nxp,imx8mq-vpu-g2", .data = &imx8mq_vpu_g2_variant },
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_HANTRO_SAMA5D4
@@ -890,6 +891,15 @@ static int hantro_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	match = of_match_node(of_hantro_match, pdev->dev.of_node);
 	vpu->variant = match->data;
 
+	/*
+	 * Support for nxp,imx8mq-vpu is kept for backwards compatibility
+	 * but it's deprecated. Please update your DTS file to use
+	 * nxp,imx8mq-vpu-g1 or nxp,imx8mq-vpu-g2 instead.
+	 */
+	if (of_device_is_compatible(pdev->dev.of_node, "nxp,imx8mq-vpu"))
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "%s compatible is deprecated\n",
+			 match->compatible);
+
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&vpu->watchdog_work, hantro_watchdog);
 
 	vpu->clocks = devm_kcalloc(&pdev->dev, vpu->variant->num_clocks,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h
index 4a19ae8940b9..f0bd2ffe290b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ enum hantro_enc_fmt {
 	ROCKCHIP_VPU_ENC_FMT_UYVY422 = 3,
 };
 
+extern const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_g1_variant;
 extern const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_g2_variant;
 extern const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_variant;
 extern const struct hantro_variant px30_vpu_variant;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/imx8m_vpu_hw.c b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/imx8m_vpu_hw.c
index f5991b8e553a..849ea7122d47 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/imx8m_vpu_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/imx8m_vpu_hw.c
@@ -205,13 +205,6 @@ static void imx8m_vpu_g1_reset(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 	imx8m_soft_reset(vpu, RESET_G1);
 }
 
-static void imx8m_vpu_g2_reset(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct hantro_dev *vpu = ctx->dev;
-
-	imx8m_soft_reset(vpu, RESET_G2);
-}
-
 /*
  * Supported codec ops.
  */
@@ -237,17 +230,33 @@ static const struct hantro_codec_ops imx8mq_vpu_codec_ops[] = {
 	},
 };
 
+static const struct hantro_codec_ops imx8mq_vpu_g1_codec_ops[] = {
+	[HANTRO_MODE_MPEG2_DEC] = {
+		.run = hantro_g1_mpeg2_dec_run,
+		.init = hantro_mpeg2_dec_init,
+		.exit = hantro_mpeg2_dec_exit,
+	},
+	[HANTRO_MODE_VP8_DEC] = {
+		.run = hantro_g1_vp8_dec_run,
+		.init = hantro_vp8_dec_init,
+		.exit = hantro_vp8_dec_exit,
+	},
+	[HANTRO_MODE_H264_DEC] = {
+		.run = hantro_g1_h264_dec_run,
+		.init = hantro_h264_dec_init,
+		.exit = hantro_h264_dec_exit,
+	},
+};
+
 static const struct hantro_codec_ops imx8mq_vpu_g2_codec_ops[] = {
 	[HANTRO_MODE_HEVC_DEC] = {
 		.run = hantro_g2_hevc_dec_run,
-		.reset = imx8m_vpu_g2_reset,
 		.init = hantro_hevc_dec_init,
 		.exit = hantro_hevc_dec_exit,
 	},
 	[HANTRO_MODE_VP9_DEC] = {
 		.run = hantro_g2_vp9_dec_run,
 		.done = hantro_g2_vp9_dec_done,
-		.reset = imx8m_vpu_g2_reset,
 		.init = hantro_vp9_dec_init,
 		.exit = hantro_vp9_dec_exit,
 	},
@@ -267,6 +276,8 @@ static const struct hantro_irq imx8mq_g2_irqs[] = {
 
 static const char * const imx8mq_clk_names[] = { "g1", "g2", "bus" };
 static const char * const imx8mq_reg_names[] = { "g1", "g2", "ctrl" };
+static const char * const imx8mq_g1_clk_names[] = { "g1" };
+static const char * const imx8mq_g2_clk_names[] = { "g2" };
 
 const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_variant = {
 	.dec_fmts = imx8m_vpu_dec_fmts,
@@ -287,6 +298,21 @@ const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_variant = {
 	.num_regs = ARRAY_SIZE(imx8mq_reg_names)
 };
 
+const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_g1_variant = {
+	.dec_fmts = imx8m_vpu_dec_fmts,
+	.num_dec_fmts = ARRAY_SIZE(imx8m_vpu_dec_fmts),
+	.postproc_fmts = imx8m_vpu_postproc_fmts,
+	.num_postproc_fmts = ARRAY_SIZE(imx8m_vpu_postproc_fmts),
+	.postproc_ops = &hantro_g1_postproc_ops,
+	.codec = HANTRO_MPEG2_DECODER | HANTRO_VP8_DECODER |
+		 HANTRO_H264_DECODER,
+	.codec_ops = imx8mq_vpu_g1_codec_ops,
+	.irqs = imx8mq_irqs,
+	.num_irqs = ARRAY_SIZE(imx8mq_irqs),
+	.clk_names = imx8mq_g1_clk_names,
+	.num_clocks = ARRAY_SIZE(imx8mq_g1_clk_names),
+};
+
 const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_g2_variant = {
 	.dec_offset = 0x0,
 	.dec_fmts = imx8m_vpu_g2_dec_fmts,
@@ -296,10 +322,8 @@ const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_g2_variant = {
 	.postproc_ops = &hantro_g2_postproc_ops,
 	.codec = HANTRO_HEVC_DECODER | HANTRO_VP9_DECODER,
 	.codec_ops = imx8mq_vpu_g2_codec_ops,
-	.init = imx8mq_vpu_hw_init,
-	.runtime_resume = imx8mq_runtime_resume,
 	.irqs = imx8mq_g2_irqs,
 	.num_irqs = ARRAY_SIZE(imx8mq_g2_irqs),
-	.clk_names = imx8mq_clk_names,
-	.num_clocks = ARRAY_SIZE(imx8mq_clk_names),
+	.clk_names = imx8mq_g2_clk_names,
+	.num_clocks = ARRAY_SIZE(imx8mq_g2_clk_names),
 };
