diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 2608d3f77956934bd206b2210c0d07af3d5a87d7..9c760cee51565e0a2984ce0a93c5ef2317d91fc1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, struct drm_driver *drv)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	/* Enable normalization of plane zpos */
+	ddev->mode_config.normalize_zpos = true;
+
 	if (kms) {
 		ret = kms->funcs->hw_init(kms);
 		if (ret) {