diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.c
index dfa1ba45acd9..15a322422f4e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.c
@@ -930,13 +930,6 @@ nv50_wndw_new_(const struct nv50_wndw_func *func, struct drm_device *dev,
 		ret = drm_plane_create_alpha_property(&wndw->plane);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
-
-		ret = drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property(&wndw->plane,
-				BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PIXEL_NONE) |
-				BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI) |
-				BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_COVERAGE));
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
 	} else {
 		ret = drm_plane_create_zpos_immutable_property(&wndw->plane,
 				nv50_wndw_zpos_default(&wndw->plane));
@@ -944,6 +937,17 @@ nv50_wndw_new_(const struct nv50_wndw_func *func, struct drm_device *dev,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * DRM requires that we have a blend mode property for any type of plane that exposes color
+	 * formats with an alpha channel. So do this, even if we don't actually have control for the
+	 * blend property hooked up with blend_set.
+	 */
+	if (func->blend_modes) {
+		ret = drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property(&wndw->plane, func->blend_modes);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }