diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c
index 477024c467e63292e07c4effdcf42a3a596f34a9..33c3d88b1c86632c339295132eb77a539ebf63b6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c
@@ -1740,6 +1740,15 @@ void dc_update_planes_and_stream(struct dc *dc,
 	}
 
 	if (core_dc->current_context != context) {
+
+		/* Since memory free requires elevated IRQL, an interrupt
+		 * request is generated by mem free. If this happens
+		 * between freeing and reassigning the context, our vsync
+		 * interrupt will call into dc and cause a memory
+		 * corruption BSOD. Hence, we first reassign the context,
+		 * then free the old context.
+		 */
+
 		struct validate_context *old = core_dc->current_context;
 
 		core_dc->current_context = context;