diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
index 2f0d1ba285be..d17ae964fb21 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
@@ -563,10 +563,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_normalize_zpos);
 /**
  * drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property - create a new blend mode property
  * @plane: drm plane
- * @supported_modes: bitmask of supported modes, must include
- *		     BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI). Current DRM assumption is
- *		     that alpha is premultiplied, and old userspace can break if
- *		     the property defaults to anything else.
+ * @supported_modes: bitmask of supported modes. When
+ *		     BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI) is included, it will be used
+ *		     as the default. Otherwise, the default will fallback to one
+ *		     of the supported modes.
  *
  * This creates a new property describing the blend mode.
  *
@@ -599,13 +599,14 @@ int drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property(struct drm_plane *plane,
 		{ DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI, "Pre-multiplied" },
 		{ DRM_MODE_BLEND_COVERAGE, "Coverage" },
 	};
+	unsigned int default_mode;
 	unsigned int valid_mode_mask = BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PIXEL_NONE) |
 				       BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI)   |
 				       BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_COVERAGE);
 	int i;
 
 	if (WARN_ON((supported_modes & ~valid_mode_mask) ||
-		    ((supported_modes & BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI)) == 0)))
+		    (supported_modes == 0)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	prop = drm_property_create(dev, DRM_MODE_PROP_ENUM,
@@ -630,7 +631,14 @@ int drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property(struct drm_plane *plane,
 		}
 	}
 
-	drm_object_attach_property(&plane->base, prop, DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI);
+	if (supported_modes & BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI))
+		default_mode = DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI;
+	else if (supported_modes & BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_COVERAGE))
+		default_mode = DRM_MODE_BLEND_COVERAGE;
+	else
+		default_mode = DRM_MODE_BLEND_PIXEL_NONE;
+
+	drm_object_attach_property(&plane->base, prop, default_mode);
 	plane->blend_mode_property = prop;
 
 	return 0;