diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 23aa7191024ef9e11fc0294fb4483d3f8290976f..e6fcbc5abc7573f9ef0f17579ec31117391ec8ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -14812,7 +14812,7 @@ static void intel_sanitize_crtc(struct intel_crtc *crtc,
 	enum transcoder cpu_transcoder = crtc->config->cpu_transcoder;
 
 	/* Clear any frame start delays used for debugging left by the BIOS */
-	if (!transcoder_is_dsi(cpu_transcoder)) {
+	if (crtc->active && !transcoder_is_dsi(cpu_transcoder)) {
 		i915_reg_t reg = PIPECONF(cpu_transcoder);
 
 		I915_WRITE(reg,