diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
index 63f95666b80162286a637f27ee96c7278e3e39f9..cd8a1715c0c9e5fea4db24f7c594cc03ccc4306b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
@@ -14603,7 +14603,7 @@ static void skl_commit_modeset_enables(struct intel_atomic_state *state)
 
 	for_each_oldnew_intel_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, old_crtc_state, new_crtc_state, i)
 		/* ignore allocations for crtc's that have been turned off. */
-		if (new_crtc_state->hw.active)
+		if (!needs_modeset(new_crtc_state) && new_crtc_state->hw.active)
 			entries[i] = old_crtc_state->wm.skl.ddb;
 
 	/* If 2nd DBuf slice required, enable it here */