diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c
index 5decae0069d0bfda0f45a0c78ea033f1186282c6..2a565325714fd23e5b0e34c334a6ebb4cf4d60a3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_crtc.c
@@ -46,6 +46,19 @@ static struct drm_encoder *sun4i_crtc_get_encoder(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int sun4i_crtc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+				    struct drm_crtc_state *state)
+{
+	struct sun4i_crtc *scrtc = drm_crtc_to_sun4i_crtc(crtc);
+	struct sunxi_engine *engine = scrtc->engine;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (engine && engine->ops && engine->ops->atomic_check)
+		ret = engine->ops->atomic_check(engine, state);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void sun4i_crtc_atomic_begin(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 				    struct drm_crtc_state *old_state)
 {
@@ -125,6 +138,7 @@ static void sun4i_crtc_mode_set_nofb(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 }
 
 static const struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs sun4i_crtc_helper_funcs = {
+	.atomic_check	= sun4i_crtc_atomic_check,
 	.atomic_begin	= sun4i_crtc_atomic_begin,
 	.atomic_flush	= sun4i_crtc_atomic_flush,
 	.atomic_enable	= sun4i_crtc_atomic_enable,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sunxi_engine.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sunxi_engine.h
index b374e074c7c304382b526f0541f99977c6585c3c..b819d4f9f02f55351d6974474b715a9bb0b96870 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sunxi_engine.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sunxi_engine.h
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@ struct sunxi_engine;
  * implement the proper behaviour.
  */
 struct sunxi_engine_ops {
+	/**
+	 * @atomic_check:
+	 *
+	 * This callback allows to validate plane-update related CRTC
+	 * constraints specific to engines. This is mirroring the
+	 * &drm_crtc_helper_funcs.atomic_check callback, so any
+	 * documentation there applies.
+	 *
+	 * This function is optional.
+	 *
+	 * RETURNS:
+	 *
+	 * 0 on success or a negative error code.
+	 */
+	int (*atomic_check)(struct sunxi_engine *engine,
+			    struct drm_crtc_state *state);
+
 	/**
 	 * @commit:
 	 *