diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro.h b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro.h
index bb442eb1974e..2dd4362d4080 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro.h
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ hantro_vdev_to_func(struct video_device *vdev)
  * @reg_bases:		Mapped addresses of VPU registers.
  * @enc_base:		Mapped address of VPU encoder register for convenience.
  * @dec_base:		Mapped address of VPU decoder register for convenience.
- * @ctrl_base:		Mapped address of VPU control block.
  * @vpu_mutex:		Mutex to synchronize V4L2 calls.
  * @irqlock:		Spinlock to synchronize access to data structures
  *			shared with interrupt handlers.
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ struct hantro_dev {
 	void __iomem **reg_bases;
 	void __iomem *enc_base;
 	void __iomem *dec_base;
-	void __iomem *ctrl_base;
 
 	struct mutex vpu_mutex;	/* video_device lock */
 	spinlock_t irqlock;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/imx8m_vpu_hw.c b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/imx8m_vpu_hw.c
index c222de075ef4..b2a401a33992 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/imx8m_vpu_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/imx8m_vpu_hw.c
@@ -24,34 +24,13 @@
 #define CTRL_G1_PP_FUSE		0x0c
 #define CTRL_G2_DEC_FUSE	0x10
 
-static void imx8m_soft_reset(struct hantro_dev *vpu, u32 reset_bits)
-{
-	u32 val;
-
-	/* Assert */
-	val = readl(vpu->ctrl_base + CTRL_SOFT_RESET);
-	val &= ~reset_bits;
-	writel(val, vpu->ctrl_base + CTRL_SOFT_RESET);
-
-	udelay(2);
-
-	/* Release */
-	val = readl(vpu->ctrl_base + CTRL_SOFT_RESET);
-	val |= reset_bits;
-	writel(val, vpu->ctrl_base + CTRL_SOFT_RESET);
-}
-
-static void imx8m_clk_enable(struct hantro_dev *vpu, u32 clock_bits)
-{
-	u32 val;
-
-	val = readl(vpu->ctrl_base + CTRL_CLOCK_ENABLE);
-	val |= clock_bits;
-	writel(val, vpu->ctrl_base + CTRL_CLOCK_ENABLE);
-}
-
-static int imx8mq_runtime_resume(struct hantro_dev *vpu)
+/*
+ * Due to a HW limitation, both G1 and G2 VPU cores on imx8mq need to be reset
+ * together via their unified ctrl block.
+ */
+static int imx8mq_ctrlblk_reset(struct hantro_dev *vpu)
 {
+	void __iomem *ctrl_base = vpu->reg_bases[vpu->variant->num_regs - 1];
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = clk_bulk_prepare_enable(vpu->variant->num_clocks, vpu->clocks);
@@ -60,13 +39,18 @@ static int imx8mq_runtime_resume(struct hantro_dev *vpu)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	imx8m_soft_reset(vpu, RESET_G1 | RESET_G2);
-	imx8m_clk_enable(vpu, CLOCK_G1 | CLOCK_G2);
+	/* reset HW and ungate clocks via ctrl block */
+	writel(RESET_G1 | RESET_G2, ctrl_base + CTRL_SOFT_RESET);
+	writel(CLOCK_G1 | CLOCK_G2, ctrl_base + CTRL_CLOCK_ENABLE);
 
-	/* Set values of the fuse registers */
-	writel(0xffffffff, vpu->ctrl_base + CTRL_G1_DEC_FUSE);
-	writel(0xffffffff, vpu->ctrl_base + CTRL_G1_PP_FUSE);
-	writel(0xffffffff, vpu->ctrl_base + CTRL_G2_DEC_FUSE);
+	/*
+	 * enable fuse functionalities for each core, these are not real fuses
+	 * but registers which enable the cores and makes accesible their real
+	 * read-only fuse registers describing supported features.
+	 */
+	writel(0xffffffff, ctrl_base + CTRL_G1_DEC_FUSE);
+	writel(0xffffffff, ctrl_base + CTRL_G1_PP_FUSE);
+	writel(0xffffffff, ctrl_base + CTRL_G2_DEC_FUSE);
 
 	clk_bulk_disable_unprepare(vpu->variant->num_clocks, vpu->clocks);
 
@@ -148,19 +132,9 @@ static irqreturn_t imx8m_vpu_g1_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static int imx8mq_vpu_hw_init(struct hantro_dev *vpu)
+static void imx8m_vpu_reset(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 {
-	vpu->dec_base = vpu->reg_bases[0];
-	vpu->ctrl_base = vpu->reg_bases[vpu->variant->num_regs - 1];
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void imx8m_vpu_g1_reset(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct hantro_dev *vpu = ctx->dev;
-
-	imx8m_soft_reset(vpu, RESET_G1);
+	imx8mq_ctrlblk_reset(ctx->dev);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -170,19 +144,19 @@ static void imx8m_vpu_g1_reset(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 static const struct hantro_codec_ops imx8mq_vpu_codec_ops[] = {
 	[HANTRO_MODE_MPEG2_DEC] = {
 		.run = hantro_g1_mpeg2_dec_run,
-		.reset = imx8m_vpu_g1_reset,
+		.reset = imx8m_vpu_reset,
 		.init = hantro_mpeg2_dec_init,
 		.exit = hantro_mpeg2_dec_exit,
 	},
 	[HANTRO_MODE_VP8_DEC] = {
 		.run = hantro_g1_vp8_dec_run,
-		.reset = imx8m_vpu_g1_reset,
+		.reset = imx8m_vpu_reset,
 		.init = hantro_vp8_dec_init,
 		.exit = hantro_vp8_dec_exit,
 	},
 	[HANTRO_MODE_H264_DEC] = {
 		.run = hantro_g1_h264_dec_run,
-		.reset = imx8m_vpu_g1_reset,
+		.reset = imx8m_vpu_reset,
 		.init = hantro_h264_dec_init,
 		.exit = hantro_h264_dec_exit,
 	},
@@ -209,8 +183,8 @@ const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_variant = {
 	.codec = HANTRO_MPEG2_DECODER | HANTRO_VP8_DECODER |
 		 HANTRO_H264_DECODER,
 	.codec_ops = imx8mq_vpu_codec_ops,
-	.init = imx8mq_vpu_hw_init,
-	.runtime_resume = imx8mq_runtime_resume,
+	.init = imx8mq_ctrlblk_reset,
+	.runtime_resume = imx8mq_ctrlblk_reset,
 	.irqs = imx8mq_irqs,
 	.num_irqs = ARRAY_SIZE(imx8mq_irqs),
 	.clk_names = imx8mq_clk_names,
