diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
index 0ee563eb2b6f..4277bf4f032b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
@@ -170,6 +170,19 @@ static const struct drm_bridge_funcs panel_bridge_bridge_funcs = {
 	.debugfs_init = panel_bridge_debugfs_init,
 };
 
+/**
+ * drm_bridge_is_panel - Checks if a drm_bridge is a panel_bridge.
+ *
+ * @bridge: The drm_bridge to be checked.
+ *
+ * Returns true if the bridge is a panel bridge, or false otherwise.
+ */
+bool drm_bridge_is_panel(const struct drm_bridge *bridge)
+{
+	return bridge->funcs == &panel_bridge_bridge_funcs;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_bridge_is_panel);
+
 /**
  * drm_panel_bridge_add - Creates a &drm_bridge and &drm_connector that
  * just calls the appropriate functions from &drm_panel.
@@ -269,6 +282,27 @@ void drm_panel_bridge_remove(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_bridge_remove);
 
+/**
+ * drm_panel_bridge_set_orientation - Set the connector's panel orientation
+ * from the bridge that can be transformed to panel bridge.
+ *
+ * @connector: The connector to be set panel orientation.
+ * @bridge: The drm_bridge to be transformed to panel bridge.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, negative errno on failure.
+ */
+int drm_panel_bridge_set_orientation(struct drm_connector *connector,
+				     struct drm_bridge *bridge)
+{
+	struct panel_bridge *panel_bridge;
+
+	panel_bridge = drm_bridge_to_panel_bridge(bridge);
+
+	return drm_connector_set_orientation_from_panel(connector,
+							panel_bridge->panel);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_bridge_set_orientation);
+
 static void devm_drm_panel_bridge_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
 {
 	struct drm_bridge **bridge = res;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge_connector.c
index 6b3dad03d77d..1c7d936523df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge_connector.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ struct drm_connector *drm_bridge_connector_init(struct drm_device *drm,
 	struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_connector;
 	struct drm_connector *connector;
 	struct i2c_adapter *ddc = NULL;
-	struct drm_bridge *bridge;
+	struct drm_bridge *bridge, *panel_bridge = NULL;
 	int connector_type;
 
 	bridge_connector = kzalloc(sizeof(*bridge_connector), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -373,6 +373,9 @@ struct drm_connector *drm_bridge_connector_init(struct drm_device *drm,
 
 		if (bridge->ddc)
 			ddc = bridge->ddc;
+
+		if (drm_bridge_is_panel(bridge))
+			panel_bridge = bridge;
 	}
 
 	if (connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Unknown) {
@@ -392,6 +395,9 @@ struct drm_connector *drm_bridge_connector_init(struct drm_device *drm,
 		connector->polled = DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_CONNECT
 				  | DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_DISCONNECT;
 
+	if (panel_bridge)
+		drm_panel_bridge_set_orientation(connector, panel_bridge);
+
 	return connector;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_bridge_connector_init);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_bridge.h b/include/drm/drm_bridge.h
index 42aec8612f37..d434ab416ad4 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_bridge.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_bridge.h
@@ -918,16 +918,30 @@ void drm_bridge_hpd_notify(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 			   enum drm_connector_status status);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
+bool drm_bridge_is_panel(const struct drm_bridge *bridge);
 struct drm_bridge *drm_panel_bridge_add(struct drm_panel *panel);
 struct drm_bridge *drm_panel_bridge_add_typed(struct drm_panel *panel,
 					      u32 connector_type);
 void drm_panel_bridge_remove(struct drm_bridge *bridge);
+int drm_panel_bridge_set_orientation(struct drm_connector *connector,
+				     struct drm_bridge *bridge);
 struct drm_bridge *devm_drm_panel_bridge_add(struct device *dev,
 					     struct drm_panel *panel);
 struct drm_bridge *devm_drm_panel_bridge_add_typed(struct device *dev,
 						   struct drm_panel *panel,
 						   u32 connector_type);
 struct drm_connector *drm_panel_bridge_connector(struct drm_bridge *bridge);
+#else
+static inline bool drm_bridge_is_panel(const struct drm_bridge *bridge)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline int drm_panel_bridge_set_orientation(struct drm_connector *connector,
+						   struct drm_bridge *bridge)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF) && defined(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE)