diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_formats.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_formats.h
index 418f5ae9129353fc97e62aa23ee01b23221ab699..84b8b3289f1838e92c0d19bea0624a07bba5a7bb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_formats.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_formats.h
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@ const struct dpu_format *dpu_get_dpu_format_ext(
 
 #define dpu_get_dpu_format(f) dpu_get_dpu_format_ext(f, 0)
 
+/**
+ * dpu_find_format - validate if the pixel format is supported
+ * @format:		dpu format
+ * @supported_formats:	supported formats by dpu HW
+ * @num_formatss:	total number of formats
+ *
+ * Return: false if not valid format, true on success
+ */
+static inline bool dpu_find_format(u32 format, const u32 *supported_formats,
+					size_t num_formats)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_formats; i++) {
+		/* check for valid formats supported */
+		if (format == supported_formats[i])
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * dpu_get_msm_format - get an dpu_format by its msm_format base
  *                     callback function registers with the msm_kms layer
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
index 6565682fe22730f3c54e94d775ec20716ce2bd1c..3216cda4d3205ae314c6d558204dddaec8bec973 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
@@ -1411,13 +1411,9 @@ static bool dpu_plane_format_mod_supported(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	if (modifier == DRM_FORMAT_MOD_LINEAR)
 		return true;
 
-	if (modifier == DRM_FORMAT_MOD_QCOM_COMPRESSED) {
-		int i;
-		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(qcom_compressed_supported_formats); i++) {
-			if (format == qcom_compressed_supported_formats[i])
-				return true;
-		}
-	}
+	if (modifier == DRM_FORMAT_MOD_QCOM_COMPRESSED)
+		return dpu_find_format(format, qcom_compressed_supported_formats,
+				ARRAY_SIZE(qcom_compressed_supported_formats));
 
 	return false;
 }