diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
index 5b120d3ad23d..303852d469e8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,9 @@ u8 intel_dp_dsc_get_slice_count(const struct intel_connector *connector,
 		if (num_joined_pipes > 1 && valid_dsc_slicecount[i] < 2)
 			continue;
 
+		if (mode_hdisplay % test_slice_count)
+			continue;
+
 		if (min_slice_count <= test_slice_count)
 			return test_slice_count;
 	}