diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_hdmi_util.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_hdmi_util.c
index 1384c39d4c6f..8b8b4120d3fb 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_hdmi_util.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/msm/mdss_hdmi_util.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2010-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2010-2017, 2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -790,11 +790,13 @@ static void hdmi_ddc_trigger(struct hdmi_tx_ddc_ctrl *ddc_ctrl,
 	if (mode == TRIGGER_READ && seg) {
 		DSS_REG_W_ND(io, HDMI_DDC_DATA, BIT(31) | (seg_addr << 8));
 		DSS_REG_W_ND(io, HDMI_DDC_DATA, seg_num << 8);
+		DSS_REG_W_ND(io, HDMI_DDC_DATA, (ddc_data->dev_addr << 8));
+	} else {
+		/* handle portion #1 */
+		DSS_REG_W_ND(io, HDMI_DDC_DATA,
+				BIT(31) | (ddc_data->dev_addr << 8));
 	}
 
-	/* handle portion #1 */
-	DSS_REG_W_ND(io, HDMI_DDC_DATA, BIT(31) | (ddc_data->dev_addr << 8));
-
 	/* handle portion #2 */
 	DSS_REG_W_ND(io, HDMI_DDC_DATA, ddc_data->offset << 8);