diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c
index c7e00f57cb7a..b347f9062349 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c
@@ -4111,7 +4111,12 @@ static bool m_n_equal(const struct intel_link_m_n *m_n_1,
 static bool crtcs_port_sync_compatible(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state1,
 				       const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state2)
 {
+	/*
+	 * FIXME the modeset sequence is currently wrong and
+	 * can't deal with bigjoiner + port sync at the same time.
+	 */
 	return crtc_state1->hw.active && crtc_state2->hw.active &&
+		!crtc_state1->bigjoiner_pipes && !crtc_state2->bigjoiner_pipes &&
 		crtc_state1->output_types == crtc_state2->output_types &&
 		crtc_state1->output_format == crtc_state2->output_format &&
 		crtc_state1->lane_count == crtc_state2->lane_count &&