diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
index 38c3f5bea3de..253079c56ae8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c
@@ -1264,11 +1264,10 @@ static int vc4_hdmi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 	vc4_hdmi = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*vc4_hdmi), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vc4_hdmi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	vc4_hdmi->pdev = pdev;
 	variant = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
 	vc4_hdmi->variant = variant;
-	vc4_hdmi->encoder.base.type = VC4_ENCODER_TYPE_HDMI0;
+	vc4_hdmi->encoder.base.type = variant->id ? VC4_ENCODER_TYPE_HDMI1 : VC4_ENCODER_TYPE_HDMI0;
 	encoder = &vc4_hdmi->encoder.base.base;
 
 	ret = variant->init_resources(vc4_hdmi);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.h
index 4a67d62aef53..4d3117de383a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ struct vc4_hdmi;
 struct vc4_hdmi_register;
 
 struct vc4_hdmi_variant {
+	/* On devices that have multiple, different instances (like
+	 * the BCM2711), which instance is that variant useful for.
+	 */
+	unsigned int id;
+
 	/* List of the registers available on that variant */
 	const struct vc4_hdmi_register *registers;