diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/icl_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/icl_dsi.c
index 8a49f499e3fb3fffa2ee03b2504daad5d3941318..74ab3d1a16227a5a46dd2df1b19a0abba7baa7c4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/icl_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/icl_dsi.c
@@ -1602,7 +1602,9 @@ static int gen11_dsi_dsc_compute_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 
 	/* FIXME: split only when necessary */
 	if (crtc_state->dsc.slice_count > 1)
-		crtc_state->dsc.dsc_split = true;
+		crtc_state->dsc.num_streams = 2;
+	else
+		crtc_state->dsc.num_streams = 1;
 
 	/* FIXME: initialize from VBT */
 	vdsc_cfg->rc_model_size = DSC_RC_MODEL_SIZE_CONST;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
index 863927f429aa7344c52599ba34f421c5d565e737..d7f92dc56d1e965c9612289ecf034177a43d2390 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
@@ -5743,7 +5743,7 @@ intel_pipe_config_compare(const struct intel_crtc_state *current_config,
 	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(dsc.config.nsl_bpg_offset);
 
 	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_BOOL(dsc.compression_enable);
-	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_BOOL(dsc.dsc_split);
+	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(dsc.num_streams);
 	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(dsc.compressed_bpp_x16);
 
 	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_BOOL(splitter.enable);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_types.h
index ff6eb93337e0a834d0a87e186b698f93c133f1bc..d3a1aa7c919f4b1cfe4b787d2813e850b224bd9b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_types.h
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ struct intel_crtc_state {
 	/* Display Stream compression state */
 	struct {
 		bool compression_enable;
-		bool dsc_split;
+		int num_streams;
 		/* Compressed Bpp in U6.4 format (first 4 bits for fractional part) */
 		u16 compressed_bpp_x16;
 		u8 slice_count;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
index 55eb1e55a94d1bb9bf5a927aa8d32b4ce080128c..5b120d3ad23dd5e7e821c9004a202695bb7b588f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
@@ -2413,7 +2413,9 @@ int intel_dp_dsc_compute_config(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 	 * then we need to use 2 VDSC instances.
 	 */
 	if (pipe_config->joiner_pipes || pipe_config->dsc.slice_count > 1)
-		pipe_config->dsc.dsc_split = true;
+		pipe_config->dsc.num_streams = 2;
+	else
+		pipe_config->dsc.num_streams = 1;
 
 	ret = intel_dp_dsc_compute_params(connector, pipe_config);
 	if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vdsc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vdsc.c
index 40525f5c4c4290e086ffa4422a61c97efe20cec4..168f39499c666d15eb006094db40341b8a997c48 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vdsc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vdsc.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ intel_dsc_power_domain(struct intel_crtc *crtc, enum transcoder cpu_transcoder)
 
 static int intel_dsc_get_vdsc_per_pipe(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 {
-	return crtc_state->dsc.dsc_split ? 2 : 1;
+	return crtc_state->dsc.num_streams;
 }
 
 int intel_dsc_get_num_vdsc_instances(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
@@ -976,8 +976,10 @@ void intel_dsc_get_config(struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 	if (!crtc_state->dsc.compression_enable)
 		goto out;
 
-	crtc_state->dsc.dsc_split = (dss_ctl2 & RIGHT_BRANCH_VDSC_ENABLE) &&
-		(dss_ctl1 & JOINER_ENABLE);
+	if (dss_ctl1 & JOINER_ENABLE && dss_ctl2 & RIGHT_BRANCH_VDSC_ENABLE)
+		crtc_state->dsc.num_streams = 2;
+	else
+		crtc_state->dsc.num_streams = 1;
 
 	intel_dsc_get_pps_config(crtc_state);
 out:
@@ -988,10 +990,10 @@ static void intel_vdsc_dump_state(struct drm_printer *p, int indent,
 				  const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 {
 	drm_printf_indent(p, indent,
-			  "dsc-dss: compressed-bpp:" FXP_Q4_FMT ", slice-count: %d, split: %s\n",
+			  "dsc-dss: compressed-bpp:" FXP_Q4_FMT ", slice-count: %d, num_streams: %d\n",
 			  FXP_Q4_ARGS(crtc_state->dsc.compressed_bpp_x16),
 			  crtc_state->dsc.slice_count,
-			  str_yes_no(crtc_state->dsc.dsc_split));
+			  crtc_state->dsc.num_streams);
 }
 
 void intel_vdsc_state_dump(struct drm_printer *p, int indent,