diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
index 52494642b095..116407002269 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
@@ -1368,6 +1368,18 @@ static void complete_signaling(struct drm_device *dev,
 	kfree(fence_state);
 }
 
+static void
+set_async_flip(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
+{
+	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
+	struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
+	int i;
+
+	for_each_new_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, crtc_state, i) {
+		crtc_state->async_flip = true;
+	}
+}
+
 int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 			  void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
@@ -1409,9 +1421,13 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	if (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC) {
-		drm_dbg_atomic(dev,
-			       "commit failed: invalid flag DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		if (!dev->mode_config.async_page_flip) {
+			drm_dbg_atomic(dev,
+				       "commit failed: DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC not supported\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		async_flip = true;
 	}
 
 	/* can't test and expect an event at the same time. */
@@ -1514,6 +1530,9 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC)
+		set_async_flip(state);
+
 	if (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_TEST_ONLY) {
 		ret = drm_atomic_check_only(state);
 	} else if (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_NONBLOCK) {
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
index 09e7a471ee30..95630f170110 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
@@ -957,6 +957,15 @@ struct hdr_output_metadata {
  * Request that the page-flip is performed as soon as possible, ie. with no
  * delay due to waiting for vblank. This may cause tearing to be visible on
  * the screen.
+ *
+ * When used with atomic uAPI, the driver will return an error if the hardware
+ * doesn't support performing an asynchronous page-flip for this update.
+ * User-space should handle this, e.g. by falling back to a regular page-flip.
+ *
+ * Note, some hardware might need to perform one last synchronous page-flip
+ * before being able to switch to asynchronous page-flips. As an exception,
+ * the driver will return success even though that first page-flip is not
+ * asynchronous.
  */
 #define DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC 0x02
 #define DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET_ABSOLUTE 0x4