diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index 434915448ea0be99b7786c6daf2650cfb93b728a..e515261d0a7f4d924e7c4cbcf3cdf4b04a254f64 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -663,6 +663,25 @@ drm_atomic_plane_get_property(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool
+plane_switching_crtc(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
+		     struct drm_plane *plane,
+		     struct drm_plane_state *plane_state)
+{
+	if (!plane->state->crtc || !plane_state->crtc)
+		return false;
+
+	if (plane->state->crtc == plane_state->crtc)
+		return false;
+
+	/* This could be refined, but currently there's no helper or driver code
+	 * to implement direct switching of active planes nor userspace to take
+	 * advantage of more direct plane switching without the intermediate
+	 * full OFF state.
+	 */
+	return true;
+}
+
 /**
  * drm_atomic_plane_check - check plane state
  * @plane: plane to check
@@ -734,6 +753,12 @@ static int drm_atomic_plane_check(struct drm_plane *plane,
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 
+	if (plane_switching_crtc(state->state, plane, state)) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("[PLANE:%d] switching CRTC directly\n",
+				 plane->base.id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }