diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_vid.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_vid.c
index 8864ace938e03..d8a2edebfe8c3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_vid.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_vid.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static void dpu_encoder_phys_vid_setup_timing_engine(
 	intf_cfg.stream_sel = 0; /* Don't care value for video mode */
 	intf_cfg.mode_3d = dpu_encoder_helper_get_3d_blend_mode(phys_enc);
 	intf_cfg.dsc = dpu_encoder_helper_get_dsc(phys_enc);
-	if (phys_enc->hw_pp->merge_3d)
+	if (intf_cfg.mode_3d && phys_enc->hw_pp->merge_3d)
 		intf_cfg.merge_3d = phys_enc->hw_pp->merge_3d->idx;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(phys_enc->enc_spinlock, lock_flags);