diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_cursor.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_cursor.c
index ab50d58896ab..d565433ea06d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_cursor.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_cursor.c
@@ -290,15 +290,20 @@ int amdgpu_dm_crtc_get_cursor_mode(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 	/* Overlay cursor not supported on HW before DCN
 	 * DCN401/420 does not have the cursor-on-scaled-plane or cursor-on-yuv-plane restrictions
 	 * as previous DCN generations, so enable native mode on DCN401/420
+	 *
+	 * Always set native cursor mode when the CRTC is disabled,
+	 * to make sure it doesn't cause atomic commits to fail when
+	 * they are trying to disable the CRTC.
 	 */
 	if (amdgpu_ip_version(adev, DCE_HWIP, 0) == IP_VERSION(4, 0, 1) ||
 	    amdgpu_ip_version(adev, DCE_HWIP, 0) == IP_VERSION(4, 2, 0) ||
 #if defined(CONFIG_DRM_AMD_DC_DCN6_0)
 	    amdgpu_ip_version(adev, DCE_HWIP, 0) == IP_VERSION(4, 2, 1) ||
-	    amdgpu_ip_version(adev, DCE_HWIP, 0) == IP_VERSION(6, 0, 0)) {
+	    amdgpu_ip_version(adev, DCE_HWIP, 0) == IP_VERSION(6, 0, 0) ||
 #else
-	    amdgpu_ip_version(adev, DCE_HWIP, 0) == IP_VERSION(4, 2, 1)) {
+	    amdgpu_ip_version(adev, DCE_HWIP, 0) == IP_VERSION(4, 2, 1) ||
 #endif
+	    !dm_crtc_state->base.enable) {
 		*cursor_mode = DM_CURSOR_NATIVE_MODE;
 		return 0;
 	}