diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_atomic.c
index 25a891aa3824..9d69cf25d7c5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_atomic.c
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ intel_crtc_duplicate_state(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	__drm_atomic_helper_crtc_duplicate_state(crtc, &crtc_state->base);
 
 	crtc_state->update_pipe = false;
+	crtc_state->visible_changed = false;
+	crtc_state->wm_changed = false;
 
 	return &crtc_state->base;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index b8e1a5471bed..5466a0b28f9d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -4748,16 +4748,17 @@ intel_pre_disable_primary(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 static void intel_post_plane_update(struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	struct intel_crtc_atomic_commit *atomic = &crtc->atomic;
+	struct intel_crtc_state *pipe_config =
+		to_intel_crtc_state(crtc->base.state);
 	struct drm_device *dev = crtc->base.dev;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_plane *plane;
 
 	intel_frontbuffer_flip(dev, atomic->fb_bits);
 
-	if (atomic->disable_cxsr)
-		crtc->wm.cxsr_allowed = true;
+	crtc->wm.cxsr_allowed = true;
 
-	if (crtc->atomic.update_wm_post)
+	if (pipe_config->wm_changed)
 		intel_update_watermarks(&crtc->base);
 
 	if (atomic->update_fbc)
@@ -4778,6 +4779,8 @@ static void intel_pre_plane_update(struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 	struct drm_device *dev = crtc->base.dev;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct intel_crtc_atomic_commit *atomic = &crtc->atomic;
+	struct intel_crtc_state *pipe_config =
+		to_intel_crtc_state(crtc->base.state);
 
 	if (atomic->disable_fbc)
 		intel_fbc_disable_crtc(crtc);
@@ -4788,10 +4791,13 @@ static void intel_pre_plane_update(struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 	if (atomic->pre_disable_primary)
 		intel_pre_disable_primary(&crtc->base);
 
-	if (atomic->disable_cxsr) {
+	if (pipe_config->visible_changed) {
 		crtc->wm.cxsr_allowed = false;
 		intel_set_memory_cxsr(dev_priv, false);
 	}
+
+	if (!needs_modeset(&pipe_config->base) && pipe_config->wm_changed)
+		intel_update_watermarks(&crtc->base);
 }
 
 static void intel_crtc_disable_planes(struct drm_crtc *crtc, unsigned plane_mask)
@@ -11597,6 +11603,7 @@ static bool intel_wm_need_update(struct drm_plane *plane,
 int intel_plane_atomic_calc_changes(struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state,
 				    struct drm_plane_state *plane_state)
 {
+	struct intel_crtc_state *pipe_config = to_intel_crtc_state(crtc_state);
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc = crtc_state->crtc;
 	struct intel_crtc *intel_crtc = to_intel_crtc(crtc);
 	struct drm_plane *plane = plane_state->plane;
@@ -11637,6 +11644,17 @@ int intel_plane_atomic_calc_changes(struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state,
 	turn_off = was_visible && (!visible || mode_changed);
 	turn_on = visible && (!was_visible || mode_changed);
 
+	if (turn_on || turn_off) {
+		pipe_config->wm_changed = true;
+
+		/* must disable cxsr around plane enable/disable */
+		if (plane->type != DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR)
+			pipe_config->visible_changed = true;
+	} else if ((was_visible || visible) &&
+		   intel_wm_need_update(plane, plane_state)) {
+		pipe_config->wm_changed = true;
+	}
+
 	DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("[CRTC:%i] has [PLANE:%i] with fb %i\n", idx,
 			 plane->base.id, fb ? fb->base.id : -1);
 
@@ -11644,24 +11662,6 @@ int intel_plane_atomic_calc_changes(struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state,
 			 plane->base.id, was_visible, visible,
 			 turn_off, turn_on, mode_changed);
 
-	if (turn_on) {
-		intel_crtc->atomic.update_wm_pre = true;
-		/* must disable cxsr around plane enable/disable */
-		if (plane->type != DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR) {
-			intel_crtc->atomic.disable_cxsr = true;
-			/* to potentially re-enable cxsr */
-			intel_crtc->atomic.update_wm_post = true;
-		}
-	} else if (turn_off) {
-		intel_crtc->atomic.update_wm_post = true;
-		/* must disable cxsr around plane enable/disable */
-		if (plane->type != DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR) {
-			intel_crtc->atomic.disable_cxsr = true;
-		}
-	} else if (intel_wm_need_update(plane, plane_state)) {
-		intel_crtc->atomic.update_wm_pre = true;
-	}
-
 	if (visible || was_visible)
 		intel_crtc->atomic.fb_bits |=
 			to_intel_plane(plane)->frontbuffer_bit;
@@ -11783,7 +11783,7 @@ static int intel_crtc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	}
 
 	if (mode_changed && !crtc_state->active)
-		intel_crtc->atomic.update_wm_post = true;
+		pipe_config->wm_changed = true;
 
 	if (mode_changed && crtc_state->enable &&
 	    dev_priv->display.crtc_compute_clock &&
@@ -13622,9 +13622,6 @@ static void intel_begin_crtc_commit(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 		to_intel_crtc_state(old_crtc_state);
 	bool modeset = needs_modeset(crtc->state);
 
-	if (intel_crtc->atomic.update_wm_pre)
-		intel_update_watermarks(crtc);
-
 	/* Perform vblank evasion around commit operation */
 	intel_pipe_update_start(intel_crtc);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index 4b6bb1adfddd..a6b85655d717 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -352,7 +352,9 @@ struct intel_crtc_state {
 #define PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_MODE_SYNC_FLAGS	(1<<0) /* unreliable sync mode.flags */
 	unsigned long quirks;
 
-	bool update_pipe;
+	bool update_pipe; /* can a fast modeset be performed? */
+	bool visible_changed; /* plane visibility changed */
+	bool wm_changed; /* wm changed */
 
 	/* Pipe source size (ie. panel fitter input size)
 	 * All planes will be positioned inside this space,
@@ -516,9 +518,7 @@ struct intel_crtc_atomic_commit {
 	/* Sleepable operations to perform before commit */
 	bool disable_fbc;
 	bool disable_ips;
-	bool disable_cxsr;
 	bool pre_disable_primary;
-	bool update_wm_pre, update_wm_post;
 
 	/* Sleepable operations to perform after commit */
 	unsigned fb_bits;
