diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c
index 4c33d99ca7e8190c5bc0be68bc609c0f48197f2c..4c504cb0e1c5391b0979e7a447e8acd09bb39d44 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 //#define DML_MODE_SUPPORT_USE_DPM_DRAM_BW
 //#define DML_GLOBAL_PREFETCH_CHECK
 #define ALLOW_SDPIF_RATE_LIMIT_PRE_CSTATE
+#define DML_MAX_VSTARTUP_START 1023
 
 const char *dml2_core_internal_bw_type_str(enum dml2_core_internal_bw_type bw_type)
 {
@@ -3737,6 +3738,7 @@ static unsigned int CalculateMaxVStartup(
 	dml2_printf("DML::%s: vblank_avail = %u\n", __func__, vblank_avail);
 	dml2_printf("DML::%s: max_vstartup_lines = %u\n", __func__, max_vstartup_lines);
 #endif
+	max_vstartup_lines = (unsigned int)math_min2(max_vstartup_lines, DML_MAX_VSTARTUP_START);
 	return max_vstartup_lines;
 }