diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index b84aedb707b8f782675909cb4f49df00f526bdd2..f6a9e8fdd87d67ce36d0ce1e4405e8efbec0bf32 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -9390,10 +9390,6 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if (!pre_validate_dsc(state, &dm_state, vars)) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto fail;
-		}
 	}
 #endif
 	for_each_oldnew_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, old_crtc_state, new_crtc_state, i) {
@@ -9527,6 +9523,15 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_DRM_AMD_DC_DCN)
+	if (dc_resource_is_dsc_encoding_supported(dc)) {
+		if (!pre_validate_dsc(state, &dm_state, vars)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto fail;
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+
 	/* Run this here since we want to validate the streams we created */
 	ret = drm_atomic_helper_check_planes(dev, state);
 	if (ret) {