diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
index 2979ee0e52c2..54fbb1aa07c5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
 
 static int panthor_gpu_coherency_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 {
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(GPU_COHERENCY_NONE != DRM_PANTHOR_GPU_COHERENCY_NONE);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(GPU_COHERENCY_ACE_LITE != DRM_PANTHOR_GPU_COHERENCY_ACE_LITE);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(GPU_COHERENCY_ACE != DRM_PANTHOR_GPU_COHERENCY_ACE);
+
+	/* Start with no coherency, and update it if the device is flagged coherent. */
+	ptdev->gpu_info.selected_coherency = GPU_COHERENCY_NONE;
 	ptdev->coherent = device_get_dma_attr(ptdev->base.dev) == DEV_DMA_COHERENT;
 
 	if (!ptdev->coherent)
@@ -37,8 +43,10 @@ static int panthor_gpu_coherency_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 	 * ACE protocol has never been supported for command stream frontend GPUs.
 	 */
 	if ((gpu_read(ptdev, GPU_COHERENCY_FEATURES) &
-		      GPU_COHERENCY_PROT_BIT(ACE_LITE)))
+		      GPU_COHERENCY_PROT_BIT(ACE_LITE))) {
+		ptdev->gpu_info.selected_coherency = GPU_COHERENCY_ACE_LITE;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	drm_err(&ptdev->base, "Coherency not supported by the device");
 	return -ENOTSUPP;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c
index ff5231269518..057e167468d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct panthor_gpu {
 static void panthor_gpu_coherency_set(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 {
 	gpu_write(ptdev, GPU_COHERENCY_PROTOCOL,
-		  ptdev->coherent ? GPU_COHERENCY_ACE_LITE : GPU_COHERENCY_NONE);
+		  ptdev->gpu_info.selected_coherency);
 }
 
 static void panthor_gpu_l2_config_set(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h
index 467d365ed7ba..28cf9e878db6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h
@@ -245,6 +245,26 @@ enum drm_panthor_dev_query_type {
 	DRM_PANTHOR_DEV_QUERY_GROUP_PRIORITIES_INFO,
 };
 
+/**
+ * enum drm_panthor_gpu_coherency: Type of GPU coherency
+ */
+enum drm_panthor_gpu_coherency {
+	/**
+	 * @DRM_PANTHOR_GPU_COHERENCY_ACE_LITE: ACE Lite coherency.
+	 */
+	DRM_PANTHOR_GPU_COHERENCY_ACE_LITE = 0,
+
+	/**
+	 * @DRM_PANTHOR_GPU_COHERENCY_ACE: ACE coherency.
+	 */
+	DRM_PANTHOR_GPU_COHERENCY_ACE = 1,
+
+	/**
+	 * @DRM_PANTHOR_GPU_COHERENCY_NONE: No coherency.
+	 */
+	DRM_PANTHOR_GPU_COHERENCY_NONE = 31,
+};
+
 /**
  * struct drm_panthor_gpu_info - GPU information
  *
@@ -301,7 +321,16 @@ struct drm_panthor_gpu_info {
 	 */
 	__u32 thread_max_barrier_size;
 
-	/** @coherency_features: Coherency features. */
+	/**
+	 * @coherency_features: Coherency features.
+	 *
+	 * Combination of drm_panthor_gpu_coherency flags.
+	 *
+	 * Note that this is just what the coherency protocols supported by the
+	 * GPU, but the actual coherency in place depends on the SoC
+	 * integration and is reflected by
+	 * drm_panthor_gpu_info::selected_coherency.
+	 */
 	__u32 coherency_features;
 
 	/** @texture_features: Texture features. */
@@ -310,8 +339,12 @@ struct drm_panthor_gpu_info {
 	/** @as_present: Bitmask encoding the number of address-space exposed by the MMU. */
 	__u32 as_present;
 
-	/** @pad0: MBZ. */
-	__u32 pad0;
+	/**
+	 * @select_coherency: Coherency selected for this device.
+	 *
+	 * One of drm_panthor_gpu_coherency.
+	 */
+	__u32 selected_coherency;
 
 	/** @shader_present: Bitmask encoding the shader cores exposed by the GPU. */
 	__u64 shader_present;