diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c
index ddcf5c2c8e6a..1412cee404ca 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c
@@ -243,11 +243,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_crtc_destroy_state);
 void __drm_atomic_helper_plane_state_reset(struct drm_plane_state *plane_state,
 					   struct drm_plane *plane)
 {
+	u64 val;
+
 	plane_state->plane = plane;
 	plane_state->rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_0;
 
 	plane_state->alpha = DRM_BLEND_ALPHA_OPAQUE;
 	plane_state->pixel_blend_mode = DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI;
+
+	if (plane->zpos_property) {
+		if (!drm_object_property_get_default_value(&plane->base,
+							   plane->zpos_property,
+							   &val)) {
+			plane_state->zpos = val;
+			plane_state->normalized_zpos = val;
+		}
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_atomic_helper_plane_state_reset);