diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/hwss/dcn401/dcn401_hwseq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/hwss/dcn401/dcn401_hwseq.c
index 23ecab4bcbba..b9c357a40707 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/hwss/dcn401/dcn401_hwseq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/hwss/dcn401/dcn401_hwseq.c
@@ -2978,7 +2978,7 @@ void dcn401_update_cursor_offload_pipe(struct dc *dc, const struct pipe_ctx *pip
 		return;
 
 	stream_idx = top_pipe->pipe_idx;
-	write_idx = cs->offload_streams[stream_idx].write_idx;
+	write_idx = cs->offload_streams[stream_idx].write_idx + 1; /*  new payload (+1) */
 	payload_idx = write_idx % ARRAY_SIZE(cs->offload_streams[stream_idx].payloads);
 
 	p = &cs->offload_streams[stream_idx].payloads[payload_idx].pipe_data[pipe->pipe_idx].dcn401;