old_plane_state = old_state->plane_states[i];
 
-               funcs->atomic_update(plane, old_plane_state);
+               /*
+                * Special-case disabling the plane if drivers support it.
+                */
+               if (drm_atomic_plane_disabling(plane, old_plane_state) &&
+                   funcs->atomic_disable)
+                       funcs->atomic_disable(plane, old_plane_state);
+               else
+                       funcs->atomic_update(plane, old_plane_state);
        }
 
        for (i = 0; i < ncrtcs; i++) {
 
                        crtc_funcs[i]->atomic_begin(crtc[i]);
        }
 
-       plane_funcs->atomic_update(plane, plane_state);
+       /*
+        * Drivers may optionally implement the ->atomic_disable callback, so
+        * special-case that here.
+        */
+       if (drm_atomic_plane_disabling(plane, plane_state) &&
+           plane_funcs->atomic_disable)
+               plane_funcs->atomic_disable(plane, plane_state);
+       else
+               plane_funcs->atomic_update(plane, plane_state);
 
        for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
                if (crtc_funcs[i] && crtc_funcs[i]->atomic_flush)
 
 #define drm_atomic_crtc_state_for_each_plane(plane, crtc_state) \
        drm_for_each_plane_mask(plane, (crtc_state)->state->dev, (crtc_state)->plane_mask)
 
+/*
+ * drm_atomic_plane_disabling - check whether a plane is being disabled
+ * @plane: plane object
+ * @old_state: previous atomic state
+ *
+ * Checks the atomic state of a plane to determine whether it's being disabled
+ * or not. This also WARNs if it detects an invalid state (both CRTC and FB
+ * need to either both be NULL or both be non-NULL).
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * True if the plane is being disabled, false otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool
+drm_atomic_plane_disabling(struct drm_plane *plane,
+                          struct drm_plane_state *old_state)
+{
+       /*
+        * When disabling a plane, CRTC and FB should always be NULL together.
+        * Anything else should be considered a bug in the atomic core, so we
+        * gently warn about it.
+        */
+       WARN_ON((plane->state->crtc == NULL && plane->state->fb != NULL) ||
+               (plane->state->crtc != NULL && plane->state->fb == NULL));
+
+       /*
+        * When using the transitional helpers, old_state may be NULL. If so,
+        * we know nothing about the current state and have to assume that it
+        * might be enabled.
+        *
+        * When using the atomic helpers, old_state won't be NULL. Therefore
+        * this check assumes that either the driver will have reconstructed
+        * the correct state in ->reset() or that the driver will have taken
+        * appropriate measures to disable all planes.
+        */
+       return (!old_state || old_state->crtc) && !plane->state->crtc;
+}
+
 #endif /* DRM_ATOMIC_HELPER_H_ */
 
  * @cleanup_fb: cleanup a framebuffer when it's no longer used by the plane
  * @atomic_check: check that a given atomic state is valid and can be applied
  * @atomic_update: apply an atomic state to the plane (mandatory)
+ * @atomic_disable: disable the plane
  *
  * The helper operations are called by the mid-layer CRTC helper.
  */
                            struct drm_plane_state *state);
        void (*atomic_update)(struct drm_plane *plane,
                              struct drm_plane_state *old_state);
+       void (*atomic_disable)(struct drm_plane *plane,
+                              struct drm_plane_state *old_state);
 };
 
 static inline void drm_plane_helper_add(struct drm_plane *plane,