diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
index 945994fe681b..35b8fb5740aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
@@ -3410,7 +3410,7 @@ intel_dp_compute_formats(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 						     respect_downstream_limits,
 						     INTEL_OUTPUT_FORMAT_YCBCR420);
 
-		if (ret) {
+		if (ret && !respect_downstream_limits) {
 			drm_dbg_kms(display->drm,
 				    "YCbCr 4:2:0 mode but YCbCr 4:2:0 output not possible. Falling back to RGB.\n");