diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_composer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_composer.c
index 4d220bbb023c..98da4dff2d40 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_composer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_composer.c
@@ -159,6 +159,52 @@ static void apply_lut(const struct vkms_crtc_state *crtc_state, struct line_buff
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * direction_for_rotation() - Get the correct reading direction for a given rotation
+ *
+ * @rotation: Rotation to analyze. It correspond the field @frame_info.rotation.
+ *
+ * This function will use the @rotation setting of a source plane to compute the reading
+ * direction in this plane which correspond to a "left to right writing" in the CRTC.
+ * For example, if the buffer is reflected on X axis, the pixel must be read from right to left
+ * to be written from left to right on the CRTC.
+ */
+static enum pixel_read_direction direction_for_rotation(unsigned int rotation)
+{
+	struct drm_rect tmp_a, tmp_b;
+	int x, y;
+
+	/*
+
+	 * Points A and B are depicted as zero-size rectangles on the CRTC.
+	 * The CRTC writing direction is from A to B. The plane reading direction
+	 * is discovered by inverse-transforming A and B.
+	 * The reading direction is computed by rotating the vector AB (top-left to top-right) in a
+	 * 1x1 square.
+	 */
+
+	tmp_a = DRM_RECT_INIT(0, 0, 0, 0);
+	tmp_b = DRM_RECT_INIT(1, 0, 0, 0);
+	drm_rect_rotate_inv(&tmp_a, 1, 1, rotation);
+	drm_rect_rotate_inv(&tmp_b, 1, 1, rotation);
+
+	x = tmp_b.x1 - tmp_a.x1;
+	y = tmp_b.y1 - tmp_a.y1;
+
+	if (x == 1 && y == 0)
+		return READ_LEFT_TO_RIGHT;
+	else if (x == -1 && y == 0)
+		return READ_RIGHT_TO_LEFT;
+	else if (y == 1 && x == 0)
+		return READ_TOP_TO_BOTTOM;
+	else if (y == -1 && x == 0)
+		return READ_BOTTOM_TO_TOP;
+
+
+	WARN_ONCE(true, "The inverse of the rotation gives an incorrect direction.");
+	return READ_LEFT_TO_RIGHT;
+}
+
 /**
  * blend - blend the pixels from all planes and compute crc
  * @wb: The writeback frame buffer metadata
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.h
index 8edbf44a6896..857e7ce1fb9f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.h
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ struct vkms_writeback_job {
 	pixel_write_t pixel_write;
 };
 
+/**
+ * enum pixel_read_direction - Enum used internaly by VKMS to represent a reading direction in a
+ * plane.
+ */
+enum pixel_read_direction {
+	READ_BOTTOM_TO_TOP,
+	READ_TOP_TO_BOTTOM,
+	READ_RIGHT_TO_LEFT,
+	READ_LEFT_TO_RIGHT
+};
+
 /**
  * typedef pixel_read_t - These functions are used to read a pixel in the source frame,
  * convert it to `struct pixel_argb_u16` and write it to @out_pixel.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c
index d11f977d0abe..335f8c58c7bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c
@@ -77,6 +77,38 @@ static void packed_pixels_addr(const struct vkms_frame_info *frame_info,
 	*addr = (u8 *)frame_info->map[0].vaddr + offset;
 }
 
+/**
+ * get_block_step_bytes() - Common helper to compute the correct step value between each pixel block
+ * to read in a certain direction.
+ *
+ * @fb: Framebuffer to iter on
+ * @direction: Direction of the reading
+ * @plane_index: Plane to get the step from
+ *
+ * As the returned count is the number of bytes between two consecutive blocks in a direction,
+ * the caller may have to read multiple pixels before using the next one (for example, to read from
+ * left to right in a DRM_FORMAT_R1 plane, each block contains 8 pixels, so the step must be used
+ * only every 8 pixels).
+ */
+static int get_block_step_bytes(struct drm_framebuffer *fb, enum pixel_read_direction direction,
+			       int plane_index)
+{
+	switch (direction) {
+	case READ_LEFT_TO_RIGHT:
+		return fb->format->char_per_block[plane_index];
+	case READ_RIGHT_TO_LEFT:
+		return -fb->format->char_per_block[plane_index];
+	case READ_TOP_TO_BOTTOM:
+		return (int)fb->pitches[plane_index] * drm_format_info_block_width(fb->format,
+										   plane_index);
+	case READ_BOTTOM_TO_TOP:
+		return -(int)fb->pitches[plane_index] * drm_format_info_block_width(fb->format,
+										    plane_index);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * packed_pixels_addr_1x1() - Get the pointer to the block containing the pixel at the given
  * coordinates
