diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c
index a5c4e3fa6bb20dde7c284cd50a8f986c364e07e1..083b3eada001fa6436cf1c63eb60132dabe8dda8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static void atombios_crtc_program_ss(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 			return;
 		}
 		args.v3.ucEnable = enable;
-		if ((ss->percentage == 0) || (ss->type & ATOM_EXTERNAL_SS_MASK))
+		if ((ss->percentage == 0) || (ss->type & ATOM_EXTERNAL_SS_MASK) || ASIC_IS_DCE61(rdev))
 			args.v3.ucEnable = ATOM_DISABLE;
 	} else if (ASIC_IS_DCE4(rdev)) {
 		args.v2.usSpreadSpectrumPercentage = cpu_to_le16(ss->percentage);