diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/overlay.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/overlay.c
index 35ef7d10100e..0377d46acadb 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/overlay.c
@@ -491,13 +491,18 @@ static int omap_dss_set_manager(struct omap_overlay *ovl,
 	ovl->manager = mgr;
 
 	dss_clk_enable(DSS_CLK_ICK | DSS_CLK_FCK);
-	/* XXX: on manual update display, in auto update mode, a bug happens
-	 * here. When an overlay is first enabled on LCD, then it's disabled,
-	 * and the manager is changed to TV, we sometimes get SYNC_LOST_DIGIT
-	 * errors. Waiting before changing the channel_out fixes it. I'm
-	 * guessing that the overlay is still somehow being used for the LCD,
-	 * but I don't understand how or why. */
-	msleep(40);
+	/* XXX: When there is an overlay on a DSI manual update display, and
+	 * the overlay is first disabled, then moved to tv, and enabled, we
+	 * seem to get SYNC_LOST_DIGIT error.
+	 *
+	 * Waiting doesn't seem to help, but updating the manual update display
+	 * after disabling the overlay seems to fix this. This hints that the
+	 * overlay is perhaps somehow tied to the LCD output until the output
+	 * is updated.
+	 *
+	 * Userspace workaround for this is to update the LCD after disabling
+	 * the overlay, but before moving the overlay to TV.
+	 */
 	dispc_set_channel_out(ovl->id, mgr->id);
 	dss_clk_disable(DSS_CLK_ICK | DSS_CLK_FCK);