diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rga/rga.c b/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rga/rga.c
index 8d60e94da32d..0152b8ef2da2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rga/rga.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/rockchip/rga/rga.c
@@ -711,6 +711,49 @@ static int rga_parse_dt(struct rockchip_rga *rga)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Some SoCs, like RK3588 have multiple identical RGA3 cores, but the
+ * kernel is currently missing support for multi-core handling. Exposing
+ * separate devices for each core to userspace is bad, since that does
+ * not allow scheduling tasks properly (and creates ABI). With this workaround
+ * the driver will only probe for the first core and early exit for the other
+ * cores. Once the driver gains multi-core support, the same technique
+ * for detecting the main core can be used to cluster all cores together.
+ */
+static int rga_disable_multicore(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct device_node *node = NULL;
+	const char *compatible;
+	bool is_main_core;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Intentionally ignores the fallback strings */
+	ret = of_property_read_string(dev->of_node, "compatible", &compatible);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* The first compatible and available node found is considered the main core */
+	do {
+		node = of_find_compatible_node(node, NULL, compatible);
+		if (of_device_is_available(node))
+			break;
+	} while (node);
+
+	if (!node)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	is_main_core = (dev->of_node == node);
+
+	of_node_put(node);
+
+	if (!is_main_core) {
+		dev_info(dev, "missing multi-core support, ignoring this instance\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int rga_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct rockchip_rga *rga;
@@ -721,6 +764,10 @@ static int rga_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!pdev->dev.of_node)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	ret = rga_disable_multicore(&pdev->dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	rga = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rga), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rga)
 		return -ENOMEM;