diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
index 79968e39c8d0..f1283878ff6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
@@ -353,6 +353,37 @@ int drm_dp_link_power_up(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_link_power_up);
 
+/**
+ * drm_dp_link_power_down() - power down a DisplayPort link
+ * @aux: DisplayPort AUX channel
+ * @link: pointer to a structure containing the link configuration
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int drm_dp_link_power_down(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link)
+{
+	u8 value;
+	int err;
+
+	/* DP_SET_POWER register is only available on DPCD v1.1 and later */
+	if (link->revision < 0x11)
+		return 0;
+
+	err = drm_dp_dpcd_readb(aux, DP_SET_POWER, &value);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	value &= ~DP_SET_POWER_MASK;
+	value |= DP_SET_POWER_D3;
+
+	err = drm_dp_dpcd_writeb(aux, DP_SET_POWER, value);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_link_power_down);
+
 /**
  * drm_dp_link_configure() - configure a DisplayPort link
  * @aux: DisplayPort AUX channel
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
index 11f8c84f98ce..7e25030a6aa2 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ struct drm_dp_link {
 
 int drm_dp_link_probe(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link);
 int drm_dp_link_power_up(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link);
+int drm_dp_link_power_down(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link);
 int drm_dp_link_configure(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, struct drm_dp_link *link);
 
 int drm_dp_aux_register(struct drm_dp_aux *aux);