diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c
index b87b8ffb898b..e2560aa26ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ static void rcar_du_crtc_update_planes(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
 			rcar_du_group_restart(rcrtc->group);
 	}
 
+	/* Restart the group if plane sources have changed. */
+	if (rcrtc->group->need_restart)
+		rcar_du_group_restart(rcrtc->group);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&rcrtc->group->lock);
 
 	rcar_du_group_write(rcrtc->group, rcrtc->index % 2 ? DS2PR : DS1PR,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_group.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_group.c
index 4a44ddd51766..0e2b46dce563 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_group.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_group.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ void rcar_du_group_start_stop(struct rcar_du_group *rgrp, bool start)
 
 void rcar_du_group_restart(struct rcar_du_group *rgrp)
 {
+	rgrp->need_restart = false;
+
 	__rcar_du_group_start_stop(rgrp, false);
 	__rcar_du_group_start_stop(rgrp, true);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_group.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_group.h
index 4b1952fd4e7d..5e3adc6b31b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_group.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_group.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct rcar_du_device;
  * @dptsr_planes: bitmask of planes driven by dot-clock and timing generator 1
  * @num_planes: number of planes in the group
  * @planes: planes handled by the group
+ * @need_restart: the group needs to be restarted due to a configuration change
  */
 struct rcar_du_group {
 	struct rcar_du_device *dev;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ struct rcar_du_group {
 
 	unsigned int num_planes;
 	struct rcar_du_plane planes[RCAR_DU_NUM_KMS_PLANES];
+	bool need_restart;
 };
 
 u32 rcar_du_group_read(struct rcar_du_group *rgrp, u32 reg);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_plane.c
index cc383954e29a..2fa5745fca37 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_plane.c
@@ -275,9 +275,27 @@ static void rcar_du_plane_atomic_update(struct drm_plane *plane,
 					struct drm_plane_state *old_state)
 {
 	struct rcar_du_plane *rplane = to_rcar_plane(plane);
+	struct rcar_du_plane_state *old_rstate;
+	struct rcar_du_plane_state *new_rstate;
 
-	if (plane->state->crtc)
-		rcar_du_plane_setup(rplane);
+	if (!plane->state->crtc)
+		return;
+
+	rcar_du_plane_setup(rplane);
+
+	/* Check whether the source has changed from memory to live source or
+	 * from live source to memory. The source has been configured by the
+	 * VSPS bit in the PnDDCR4 register. Although the datasheet states that
+	 * the bit is updated during vertical blanking, it seems that updates
+	 * only occur when the DU group is held in reset through the DSYSR.DRES
+	 * bit. We thus need to restart the group if the source changes.
+	 */
+	old_rstate = to_rcar_plane_state(old_state);
+	new_rstate = to_rcar_plane_state(plane->state);
+
+	if ((old_rstate->source == RCAR_DU_PLANE_MEMORY) !=
+	    (new_rstate->source == RCAR_DU_PLANE_MEMORY))
+		rplane->group->need_restart = true;
 }
 
 static const struct drm_plane_helper_funcs rcar_du_plane_helper_funcs = {