diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
index b0365cc1374ee50aa08fd9e44c27fcef48b79261..1662dc49f18ed11e051b10b59c0db5c9c3ca950c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/Kconfig
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ config DRM_AMDGPU
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
-	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on MMU
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on !UML
 	select FW_LOADER
+	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_SCHED
 	select DRM_TTM
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/Kconfig
index 387f5bd86089fb5cae619791202fdfde90f4f6b9..f366ece471462a7061f32049a058b09c38236dd9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 config DRM_DW_HDMI
 	tristate
-	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
+	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select REGMAP_MMIO
 	select CEC_CORE if CEC_NOTIFIER
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
index 01f2a231aa5f04bde19a282c44e7d99ce240cd1d..d65f1a37c08c7cf8f4e1e41c3ea22d01ea95b444 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/Kconfig
@@ -74,6 +74,5 @@ config DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
 config DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	bool "DRM HDMI Helpers"
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
-	default y
 	help
 	  DRM display helpers for HDMI.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
index 4f0d18a16b0f4f991ddebb5ec16f4f844261a6cb..87ef8c4d72a53768a40a5f6474bb5e92495fc6a3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config DRM_I915
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
-	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on X86 && PCI
 	depends on !PREEMPT_RT
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ config DRM_I915
 	# the shmem_readpage() which depends upon tmpfs
 	select SHMEM
 	select TMPFS
+	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_PANEL
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
index 4c10b400658c519ccdc24615a328603c9c7c0549..7cc305b2826d6abc8b5c1a2c8baf0c67fb456cb8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ config DRM_NOUVEAU
 	tristate "Nouveau (NVIDIA) cards"
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
-	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on PCI
 	depends on MMU
 	select IOMMU_API
 	select FW_LOADER
+	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_TTM
 	select DRM_TTM_HELPER
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig
index 6974caa99ece94e101373eef89abce3644293db0..bb6e35261f1144b1a50b60f84a65159f9da5daa6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/Kconfig
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ config DRM_TEGRA
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_AUX_BUS
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
-	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on OF
+	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
 	select DRM_PANEL
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/Kconfig
index 4801f8b64d3d70cdb1bf243cfe3305ac81557630..98772a6b5bf0df54738db2e63f156bebab03c0a4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/Kconfig
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ config DRM_VC4
 	depends on ARCH_BCM || ARCH_BCM2835 || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on COMMON_CLK
 	depends on DRM
-	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on PM
 	# Make sure not 'y' when RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE is 'm'. This can only
 	# happen when COMPILE_TEST=y, hence the added !RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE.
 	depends on RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE || (COMPILE_TEST && !RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE)
 	depends on SND && SND_SOC
+	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_GEM_DMA_HELPER
 	select DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
index 782934be0a773bcb1e8a10e53a78e93e124a46d9..ce2f6635ff74317b1aa86fa65c606f86c53a5a69 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ config DRM_XE
 	depends on DRM
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER
-	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	depends on DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER
 	depends on MMU
 	depends on PCI
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ config DRM_XE
 	select DRM_KUNIT_TEST_HELPERS if DRM_XE_KUNIT_TEST != n
 	select DRM_PANEL
 	select DRM_SUBALLOC_HELPER
+	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI
 	select RELAY
 	select IRQ_WORK