diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c
index 9f6ffd344693e..ad3462476a143 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c
@@ -732,6 +732,13 @@ static int _dpu_crtc_check_and_setup_lm_bounds(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	struct dpu_kms *dpu_kms = _dpu_crtc_get_kms(crtc);
 	int i;
 
+	/* if we cannot merge 2 LMs (no 3d mux) better to fail earlier
+	 * before even checking the width after the split
+	 */
+	if (!dpu_kms->catalog->caps->has_3d_merge &&
+	    adj_mode->hdisplay > dpu_kms->catalog->caps->max_mixer_width)
+		return -E2BIG;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < cstate->num_mixers; i++) {
 		struct drm_rect *r = &cstate->lm_bounds[i];
 		r->x1 = crtc_split_width * i;
@@ -1251,6 +1258,12 @@ static enum drm_mode_status dpu_crtc_mode_valid(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 {
 	struct dpu_kms *dpu_kms = _dpu_crtc_get_kms(crtc);
 
+	/* if there is no 3d_mux block we cannot merge LMs so we cannot
+	 * split the large layer into 2 LMs, filter out such modes
+	 */
+	if (!dpu_kms->catalog->caps->has_3d_merge &&
+	    mode->hdisplay > dpu_kms->catalog->caps->max_mixer_width)
+		return MODE_BAD_HVALUE;
 	/*
 	 * max crtc width is equal to the max mixer width * 2 and max height is 4K
 	 */