diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbc.c
index 1c6d467cec267c0339d7390b2470b54d152c1562..817e5784660baf47cbc3535cee017e02cd6110e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbc.c
@@ -1307,11 +1307,9 @@ static void __intel_fbc_post_update(struct intel_fbc *fbc)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&fbc->lock);
 
 	fbc->flip_pending = false;
+	fbc->busy_bits = 0;
 
-	if (!fbc->busy_bits)
-		intel_fbc_activate(fbc);
-	else
-		intel_fbc_deactivate(fbc, "frontbuffer write");
+	intel_fbc_activate(fbc);
 }
 
 void intel_fbc_post_update(struct intel_atomic_state *state,