diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 4cca155376be..c5b9687091f4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -13446,6 +13446,9 @@ static int intel_atomic_prepare_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	for_each_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, crtc_state, i) {
+		if (state->legacy_cursor_update)
+			continue;
+
 		ret = intel_crtc_wait_for_pending_flips(crtc);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;