diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.c
index cb6632346aad..6d804ee19420 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.c
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
  * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
+#include <linux/minmax.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 #include <drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.h>
 #include <drm/drm_connector.h>
@@ -270,3 +271,46 @@ bool drm_scdc_set_high_tmds_clock_ratio(struct drm_connector *connector,
 	return true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_scdc_set_high_tmds_clock_ratio);
+
+/**
+ * drm_scdc_set_source_version - set SCDC source version on the sink
+ * @connector: connector
+ * @ver: source version to advertise (per spec, 1)
+ *
+ * Reads the sink version for diagnostics and as a guard, then writes
+ * the source version unless the sink reports version 0.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * 0 on success or when skipped; a negative error code when either
+ * the read or the write failed.
+ */
+int drm_scdc_set_source_version(struct drm_connector *connector, u8 ver)
+{
+	u8 sink_ver;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = drm_scdc_readb(connector->ddc, SCDC_SINK_VERSION, &sink_ver);
+	if (ret) {
+		drm_scdc_dbg(connector, "Failed to read SCDC_SINK_VERSION: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	drm_scdc_dbg(connector, "Sink reported SCDC ver. %u\n", sink_ver);
+
+	/*
+	 * Only advertise our source version to sinks that report a
+	 * non-zero sink version.  A sink reporting version 0 is either
+	 * not SCDC-version-aware or non-conformant; writing the source
+	 * version gains nothing and may upset broken hardware.
+	 */
+	if (sink_ver) {
+		ret = drm_scdc_writeb(connector->ddc, SCDC_SOURCE_VERSION,
+				      min_t(u8, sink_ver, ver));
+		if (ret)
+			drm_scdc_dbg(connector,
+				     "Failed to write SCDC_SOURCE_VERSION: %d\n", ret);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_scdc_set_source_version);
diff --git a/include/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.h b/include/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.h
index 34600476a1b9..90b0828364c2 100644
--- a/include/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.h
@@ -77,4 +77,6 @@ bool drm_scdc_get_scrambling_status(struct drm_connector *connector);
 bool drm_scdc_set_scrambling(struct drm_connector *connector, bool enable);
 bool drm_scdc_set_high_tmds_clock_ratio(struct drm_connector *connector, bool set);
 
+int drm_scdc_set_source_version(struct drm_connector *connector, u8 ver);
+
 #endif