diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
index 5a4578ab62a6..b054055f120b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
@@ -1275,8 +1275,6 @@ static void dpu_plane_destroy(struct drm_plane *plane)
 		/* this will destroy the states as well */
 		drm_plane_cleanup(plane);
 
-		dpu_hw_sspp_destroy(pdpu->pipe_hw);
-
 		kfree(pdpu);
 	}
 }
@@ -1482,14 +1480,10 @@ struct drm_plane *dpu_plane_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 	pdpu->pipe = pipe;
 
 	/* initialize underlying h/w driver */
-	pdpu->pipe_hw = dpu_hw_sspp_init(pipe, kms->mmio, kms->catalog);
-	if (IS_ERR(pdpu->pipe_hw)) {
-		DPU_ERROR("[%u]SSPP init failed\n", pipe);
-		ret = PTR_ERR(pdpu->pipe_hw);
+	pdpu->pipe_hw = dpu_rm_get_sspp(&kms->rm, pipe);
+	if (!pdpu->pipe_hw || !pdpu->pipe_hw->cap || !pdpu->pipe_hw->cap->sblk) {
+		DPU_ERROR("[%u]SSPP is invalid\n", pipe);
 		goto clean_plane;
-	} else if (!pdpu->pipe_hw->cap || !pdpu->pipe_hw->cap->sblk) {
-		DPU_ERROR("[%u]SSPP init returned invalid cfg\n", pipe);
-		goto clean_sspp;
 	}
 
 	format_list = pdpu->pipe_hw->cap->sblk->format_list;
@@ -1499,7 +1493,7 @@ struct drm_plane *dpu_plane_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 				format_list, num_formats,
 				supported_format_modifiers, type, NULL);
 	if (ret)
-		goto clean_sspp;
+		goto clean_plane;
 
 	pdpu->catalog = kms->catalog;
 
@@ -1532,9 +1526,6 @@ struct drm_plane *dpu_plane_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 					pipe, plane->base.id);
 	return plane;
 
-clean_sspp:
-	if (pdpu && pdpu->pipe_hw)
-		dpu_hw_sspp_destroy(pdpu->pipe_hw);
 clean_plane:
 	kfree(pdpu);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
index 396429e63756..53c644ca52ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "dpu_hw_lm.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_ctl.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_pingpong.h"
+#include "dpu_hw_sspp.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_intf.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_wb.h"
 #include "dpu_hw_dspp.h"
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ int dpu_rm_destroy(struct dpu_rm *rm)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(rm->hw_wb); i++)
 		dpu_hw_wb_destroy(rm->hw_wb[i]);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(rm->hw_sspp); i++)
+		dpu_hw_sspp_destroy(rm->hw_sspp[i]);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -255,6 +259,24 @@ int dpu_rm_init(struct dpu_rm *rm,
 		rm->dsc_blks[dsc->id - DSC_0] = &hw->base;
 	}
 
+	for (i = 0; i < cat->sspp_count; i++) {
+		struct dpu_hw_sspp *hw;
+		const struct dpu_sspp_cfg *sspp = &cat->sspp[i];
+
+		if (sspp->id < SSPP_NONE || sspp->id >= SSPP_MAX) {
+			DPU_ERROR("skip intf %d with invalid id\n", sspp->id);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		hw = dpu_hw_sspp_init(sspp->id, mmio, cat);
+		if (IS_ERR(hw)) {
+			rc = PTR_ERR(hw);
+			DPU_ERROR("failed sspp object creation: err %d\n", rc);
+			goto fail;
+		}
+		rm->hw_sspp[sspp->id - SSPP_NONE] = hw;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.h
index 59de72b381f9..d62c2edb2460 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_rm.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct dpu_global_state;
  * @hw_intf: array of intf hardware resources
  * @hw_wb: array of wb hardware resources
  * @dspp_blks: array of dspp hardware resources
+ * @hw_sspp: array of sspp hardware resources
  */
 struct dpu_rm {
 	struct dpu_hw_blk *pingpong_blks[PINGPONG_MAX - PINGPONG_0];
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ struct dpu_rm {
 	struct dpu_hw_blk *dspp_blks[DSPP_MAX - DSPP_0];
 	struct dpu_hw_blk *merge_3d_blks[MERGE_3D_MAX - MERGE_3D_0];
 	struct dpu_hw_blk *dsc_blks[DSC_MAX - DSC_0];
+	struct dpu_hw_sspp *hw_sspp[SSPP_MAX - SSPP_NONE];
 };
 
 /**
@@ -108,5 +110,15 @@ static inline struct dpu_hw_wb *dpu_rm_get_wb(struct dpu_rm *rm, enum dpu_wb wb_
 	return rm->hw_wb[wb_idx - WB_0];
 }
 
+/**
+ * dpu_rm_get_sspp - Return a struct dpu_hw_sspp instance given it's index.
+ * @rm: DPU Resource Manager handle
+ * @sspp_idx: SSPP index
+ */
+static inline struct dpu_hw_sspp *dpu_rm_get_sspp(struct dpu_rm *rm, enum dpu_sspp sspp_idx)
+{
+	return rm->hw_sspp[sspp_idx - SSPP_NONE];
+}
+
 #endif /* __DPU_RM_H__ */
 
