diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_crtc.c
index 6cf931557e97..619dc781c517 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_crtc.c
@@ -657,9 +657,9 @@ static int vc4_crtc_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 	struct vc4_dev *vc4 = to_vc4_dev(drm);
 	struct vc4_crtc *vc4_crtc;
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
-	struct drm_plane *primary_plane, *cursor_plane;
+	struct drm_plane *primary_plane, *cursor_plane, *destroy_plane, *temp;
 	const struct of_device_id *match;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, i;
 
 	vc4_crtc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*vc4_crtc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vc4_crtc)
@@ -688,27 +688,49 @@ static int vc4_crtc_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	cursor_plane = vc4_plane_init(drm, DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR);
-	if (IS_ERR(cursor_plane)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "failed to construct cursor plane\n");
-		ret = PTR_ERR(cursor_plane);
-		goto err_primary;
-	}
-
-	drm_crtc_init_with_planes(drm, crtc, primary_plane, cursor_plane,
+	drm_crtc_init_with_planes(drm, crtc, primary_plane, NULL,
 				  &vc4_crtc_funcs, NULL);
 	drm_crtc_helper_add(crtc, &vc4_crtc_helper_funcs);
 	primary_plane->crtc = crtc;
-	cursor_plane->crtc = crtc;
 	vc4->crtc[drm_crtc_index(crtc)] = vc4_crtc;
 	vc4_crtc->channel = vc4_crtc->data->hvs_channel;
 
+	/* Set up some arbitrary number of planes.  We're not limited
+	 * by a set number of physical registers, just the space in
+	 * the HVS (16k) and how small an plane can be (28 bytes).
+	 * However, each plane we set up takes up some memory, and
+	 * increases the cost of looping over planes, which atomic
+	 * modesetting does quite a bit.  As a result, we pick a
+	 * modest number of planes to expose, that should hopefully
+	 * still cover any sane usecase.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+		struct drm_plane *plane =
+			vc4_plane_init(drm, DRM_PLANE_TYPE_OVERLAY);
+
+		if (IS_ERR(plane))
+			continue;
+
+		plane->possible_crtcs = 1 << drm_crtc_index(crtc);
+	}
+
+	/* Set up the legacy cursor after overlay initialization,
+	 * since we overlay planes on the CRTC in the order they were
+	 * initialized.
+	 */
+	cursor_plane = vc4_plane_init(drm, DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR);
+	if (!IS_ERR(cursor_plane)) {
+		cursor_plane->possible_crtcs = 1 << drm_crtc_index(crtc);
+		cursor_plane->crtc = crtc;
+		crtc->cursor = cursor_plane;
+	}
+
 	CRTC_WRITE(PV_INTEN, 0);
 	CRTC_WRITE(PV_INTSTAT, PV_INT_VFP_START);
 	ret = devm_request_irq(dev, platform_get_irq(pdev, 0),
 			       vc4_crtc_irq_handler, 0, "vc4 crtc", vc4_crtc);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_cursor;
+		goto err_destroy_planes;
 
 	vc4_set_crtc_possible_masks(drm, crtc);
 
@@ -716,10 +738,12 @@ static int vc4_crtc_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_cursor:
-	cursor_plane->funcs->destroy(cursor_plane);
-err_primary:
-	primary_plane->funcs->destroy(primary_plane);
+err_destroy_planes:
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(destroy_plane, temp,
+				 &drm->mode_config.plane_list, head) {
+		if (destroy_plane->possible_crtcs == 1 << drm_crtc_index(crtc))
+		    destroy_plane->funcs->destroy(destroy_plane);
+	}
 err:
 	return ret;
 }