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 a833b23f34ab4..511480df7e630 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -7275,6 +7275,26 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
+	if (state->legacy_cursor_update) {
+		/*
+		 * This is a fast cursor update coming from the plane update
+		 * helper, check if it can be done asynchronously for better
+		 * performance.
+		 */
+		state->async_update =
+			!drm_atomic_helper_async_check(dev, state);
+
+		/*
+		 * Skip the remaining global validation if this is an async
+		 * update. Cursor updates can be done without affecting
+		 * state or bandwidth calcs and this avoids the performance
+		 * penalty of locking the private state object and
+		 * allocating a new dc_state.
+		 */
+		if (state->async_update)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* Check scaling and underscan changes*/
 	/* TODO Removed scaling changes validation due to inability to commit
 	 * new stream into context w\o causing full reset. Need to
@@ -7327,13 +7347,6 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto fail;
 		}
-	} else if (state->legacy_cursor_update) {
-		/*
-		 * This is a fast cursor update coming from the plane update
-		 * helper, check if it can be done asynchronously for better
-		 * performance.
-		 */
-		state->async_update = !drm_atomic_helper_async_check(dev, state);
 	}
 
 	/* Must be success */