diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c
index 472cdb464458..c51bc0fdd9c3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder.c
@@ -1550,8 +1550,14 @@ static void _dpu_encoder_kickoff_phys(struct dpu_encoder_virt *dpu_enc,
 		if (!ctl)
 			continue;
 
-		if (phys->split_role != ENC_ROLE_SLAVE)
+		/*
+		 * This is cleared in frame_done worker, which isn't invoked
+		 * for async commits. So don't set this for async, since it'll
+		 * roll over to the next commit.
+		 */
+		if (!async && phys->split_role != ENC_ROLE_SLAVE)
 			set_bit(i, dpu_enc->frame_busy_mask);
+
 		if (!phys->ops.needs_single_flush ||
 				!phys->ops.needs_single_flush(phys))
 			_dpu_encoder_trigger_flush(&dpu_enc->base, phys, 0x0,