diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index 5140d9c2bf3b..1efe7fa5bc58 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -4759,7 +4759,7 @@ fill_dc_plane_info_and_addr(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 	plane_info->visible = true;
 	plane_info->stereo_format = PLANE_STEREO_FORMAT_NONE;
 
-	plane_info->layer_index = 0;
+	plane_info->layer_index = plane_state->normalized_zpos;
 
 	ret = fill_plane_color_attributes(plane_state, plane_info->format,
 					  &plane_info->color_space);
@@ -4827,7 +4827,7 @@ static int fill_dc_plane_attributes(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 	dc_plane_state->global_alpha = plane_info.global_alpha;
 	dc_plane_state->global_alpha_value = plane_info.global_alpha_value;
 	dc_plane_state->dcc = plane_info.dcc;
-	dc_plane_state->layer_index = plane_info.layer_index; // Always returns 0
+	dc_plane_state->layer_index = plane_info.layer_index;
 	dc_plane_state->flip_int_enabled = true;
 
 	/*
@@ -9485,6 +9485,14 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * DC consults the zpos (layer_index in DC terminology) to determine the
+	 * hw plane on which to enable the hw cursor (see
+	 * `dcn10_can_pipe_disable_cursor`). By now, all modified planes are in
+	 * atomic state, so call drm helper to normalize zpos.
+	 */
+	drm_atomic_normalize_zpos(dev, state);
+
 	/* Remove exiting planes if they are modified */
 	for_each_oldnew_plane_in_state_reverse(state, plane, old_plane_state, new_plane_state, i) {
 		ret = dm_update_plane_state(dc, state, plane,