diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c
index 7dbab15bfa68..29f27e3fe3ac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_resource.c
@@ -1904,9 +1904,6 @@ bool dc_is_stream_unchanged(
 	if (memcmp(&old_stream->audio_info, &stream->audio_info, sizeof(stream->audio_info)) != 0)
 		return false;
 
-	if (old_stream->odm_2to1_policy_applied != stream->odm_2to1_policy_applied)
-		return false;
-
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dc_stream.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dc_stream.h
index f87f852d4829..9fcf9dc5bce4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dc_stream.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dc_stream.h
@@ -268,8 +268,6 @@ struct dc_stream_state {
 	bool has_non_synchronizable_pclk;
 	bool vblank_synchronized;
 	struct mall_stream_config mall_stream_config;
-
-	bool odm_2to1_policy_applied;
 };
 
 #define ABM_LEVEL_IMMEDIATE_DISABLE 255
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn32/dcn32_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn32/dcn32_resource.c
index 8b887b552f2c..1524b6d1ce34 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn32/dcn32_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn32/dcn32_resource.c
@@ -1904,13 +1904,11 @@ int dcn32_populate_dml_pipes_from_context(
 		timing = &pipe->stream->timing;
 
 		pipes[pipe_cnt].pipe.dest.odm_combine_policy = dm_odm_combine_policy_dal;
-		res_ctx->pipe_ctx[i].stream->odm_2to1_policy_applied  = false;
-		if (context->stream_count == 1 && timing->dsc_cfg.num_slices_h != 1) {
+		if (context->stream_count == 1 && !dc_is_hdmi_signal(res_ctx->pipe_ctx[i].stream->signal)) {
 			if (dc->debug.enable_single_display_2to1_odm_policy) {
 				if (!((plane_count > 2) && pipe->top_pipe))
 					pipes[pipe_cnt].pipe.dest.odm_combine_policy = dm_odm_combine_policy_2to1;
 			}
-			res_ctx->pipe_ctx[i].stream->odm_2to1_policy_applied = true;
 		}
 		pipe_cnt++;
 	}