diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
index 45d73b278051..63f95666b801 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
@@ -14221,7 +14221,7 @@ void intel_crtc_arm_fifo_underrun(struct intel_crtc *crtc,
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(crtc->base.dev);
 
-	if (!IS_GEN(dev_priv, 2))
+	if (!IS_GEN(dev_priv, 2) || crtc_state->active_planes)
 		intel_set_cpu_fifo_underrun_reporting(dev_priv, crtc->pipe, true);
 
 	if (crtc_state->has_pch_encoder) {