diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c
index 7d69341acca0..9dbd965d8afb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c
@@ -1067,8 +1067,15 @@ static void disable_dangling_plane(struct dc *dc, struct dc_state *context)
 		struct dc_stream_state *old_stream =
 				dc->current_state->res_ctx.pipe_ctx[i].stream;
 		bool should_disable = true;
-		bool pipe_split_change =
-			context->res_ctx.pipe_ctx[i].top_pipe != dc->current_state->res_ctx.pipe_ctx[i].top_pipe;
+		bool pipe_split_change = false;
+
+		if ((context->res_ctx.pipe_ctx[i].top_pipe) &&
+			(dc->current_state->res_ctx.pipe_ctx[i].top_pipe))
+			pipe_split_change = context->res_ctx.pipe_ctx[i].top_pipe->pipe_idx !=
+				dc->current_state->res_ctx.pipe_ctx[i].top_pipe->pipe_idx;
+		else
+			pipe_split_change = context->res_ctx.pipe_ctx[i].top_pipe !=
+				dc->current_state->res_ctx.pipe_ctx[i].top_pipe;
 
 		for (j = 0; j < context->stream_count; j++) {
 			if (old_stream == context->streams[j]) {