diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_ui_layer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_ui_layer.c
index f97be0040aab..94ac6ad6f306 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_ui_layer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_ui_layer.c
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ static int sun8i_ui_layer_atomic_check(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	if (!crtc)
 		return 0;
 
-	crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_existing_crtc_state(state,
-							crtc);
+	crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, crtc);
 	if (WARN_ON(!crtc_state))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_vi_layer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_vi_layer.c
index a09ee4097537..1f77e1d29845 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_vi_layer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_vi_layer.c
@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ static int sun8i_vi_layer_atomic_check(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	if (!crtc)
 		return 0;
 
-	crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_existing_crtc_state(state,
-							crtc);
+	crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, crtc);
 	if (WARN_ON(!crtc_state))
 		return -EINVAL;