diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.c
index 045013efdc57..bf37a4ea81c5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.c
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ int sun4i_frontend_update_formats(struct sun4i_frontend *frontend,
 	const struct drm_format_info *format = fb->format;
 	u32 out_fmt_val;
 	u32 in_fmt_val, in_mod_val, in_ps_val;
+	unsigned int i;
+	u32 bypass;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = sun4i_frontend_drm_format_to_input_fmt(format, &in_fmt_val);
@@ -250,9 +252,26 @@ int sun4i_frontend_update_formats(struct sun4i_frontend *frontend,
 	regmap_write(frontend->regs, SUN4I_FRONTEND_CH0_VERTPHASE1_REG, 0x400);
 	regmap_write(frontend->regs, SUN4I_FRONTEND_CH1_VERTPHASE1_REG, 0x400);
 
+	/*
+	 * Checking the input format is sufficient since we currently only
+	 * support RGB output formats to the backend. If YUV output formats
+	 * ever get supported, an YUV input and output would require bypassing
+	 * the CSC engine too.
+	 */
+	if (format->is_yuv) {
+		/* Setup the CSC engine for YUV to RGB conversion. */
+		bypass = 0;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sunxi_bt601_yuv2rgb_coef); i++)
+			regmap_write(frontend->regs,
+				     SUN4I_FRONTEND_CSC_COEF_REG(i),
+				     sunxi_bt601_yuv2rgb_coef[i]);
+	} else {
+		bypass = SUN4I_FRONTEND_BYPASS_CSC_EN;
+	}
+
 	regmap_update_bits(frontend->regs, SUN4I_FRONTEND_BYPASS_REG,
-			   SUN4I_FRONTEND_BYPASS_CSC_EN,
-			   SUN4I_FRONTEND_BYPASS_CSC_EN);
+			   SUN4I_FRONTEND_BYPASS_CSC_EN, bypass);
 
 	regmap_write(frontend->regs, SUN4I_FRONTEND_INPUT_FMT_REG,
 		     in_mod_val | in_fmt_val | in_ps_val);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.h
index 3df2bd8a7a95..17b46ecf7d9e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #define SUN4I_FRONTEND_OUTPUT_FMT_DATA_FMT_BGRX8888	1
 #define SUN4I_FRONTEND_OUTPUT_FMT_DATA_FMT_XRGB8888	2
 
+#define SUN4I_FRONTEND_CSC_COEF_REG(c)		(0x070 + (0x4 * (c)))
+
 #define SUN4I_FRONTEND_CH0_INSIZE_REG		0x100
 #define SUN4I_FRONTEND_INSIZE(h, w)			((((h) - 1) << 16) | (((w) - 1)))