diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss_features.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss_features.c
index 1c18888..a588380 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss_features.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss_features.c
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@
 		FEAT_LCDENABLESIGNAL | FEAT_PCKFREEENABLE |
 		FEAT_FUNCGATED | FEAT_ROWREPEATENABLE |
 		FEAT_LINEBUFFERSPLIT | FEAT_RESIZECONF |
-		FEAT_DSI_PLL_FREQSEL | FEAT_DSI_REVERSE_TXCLKESC,
+		FEAT_DSI_PLL_FREQSEL | FEAT_DSI_REVERSE_TXCLKESC |
+		FEAT_VENC_REQUIRES_TV_DAC_CLK,
 
 	.num_mgrs = 2,
 	.num_ovls = 3,
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss_features.h b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss_features.h
index 07b346f..3058e24 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss_features.h
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss_features.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 	FEAT_HDMI_CTS_SWMODE		= 1 << 19,
 	FEAT_HANDLE_UV_SEPARATE         = 1 << 20,
 	FEAT_ATTR2                      = 1 << 21,
+	FEAT_VENC_REQUIRES_TV_DAC_CLK	= 1 << 22,
 };
 
 /* DSS register field id */
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/venc.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/venc.c
index e7485fc..bf0431f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/venc.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/venc.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <plat/cpu.h>
 
 #include "dss.h"
+#include "dss_features.h"
 
 /* Venc registers */
 #define VENC_REV_ID				0x00
@@ -382,12 +383,15 @@
 
 static void venc_enable_clocks(int enable)
 {
-	if (enable)
-		dss_clk_enable(DSS_CLK_ICK | DSS_CLK_FCK | DSS_CLK_TVFCK |
-				DSS_CLK_VIDFCK);
-	else
-		dss_clk_disable(DSS_CLK_ICK | DSS_CLK_FCK | DSS_CLK_TVFCK |
-				DSS_CLK_VIDFCK);
+	if (enable) {
+		dss_clk_enable(DSS_CLK_ICK | DSS_CLK_FCK | DSS_CLK_TVFCK);
+		if (dss_has_feature(FEAT_VENC_REQUIRES_TV_DAC_CLK))
+			dss_clk_enable(DSS_CLK_VIDFCK);
+	} else {
+		dss_clk_disable(DSS_CLK_ICK | DSS_CLK_FCK | DSS_CLK_TVFCK);
+		if (dss_has_feature(FEAT_VENC_REQUIRES_TV_DAC_CLK))
+			dss_clk_disable(DSS_CLK_VIDFCK);
+	}
 }
 
 static const struct venc_config *venc_timings_to_config(