#endif
 
 /* See DP Standard v2.1 2.6.4.4.1.1, 2.8.4.4, 2.8.7 */
-static int drm_dp_link_symbol_cycles(int lane_count, int pixels, int bpp_x16,
-                                    int symbol_size, bool is_mst)
+static int drm_dp_link_data_symbol_cycles(int lane_count, int pixels,
+                                         int bpp_x16, int symbol_size,
+                                         bool is_mst)
 {
        int cycles = DIV_ROUND_UP(pixels * bpp_x16, 16 * symbol_size * lane_count);
        int align = is_mst ? 4 / lane_count : 1;
        return ALIGN(cycles, align);
 }
 
-static int drm_dp_link_dsc_symbol_cycles(int lane_count, int pixels, int slice_count,
-                                        int bpp_x16, int symbol_size, bool is_mst)
+/**
+ * drm_dp_link_symbol_cycles - calculate the link symbol count with/without dsc
+ * @lane_count: DP link lane count
+ * @pixels: number of pixels in a scanline
+ * @dsc_slice_count: number of slices for DSC or '0' for non-DSC
+ * @bpp_x16: bits per pixel in .4 binary fixed format
+ * @symbol_size: DP symbol size
+ * @is_mst: %true for MST and %false for SST
+ *
+ * Calculate the link symbol cycles for both DSC (@dsc_slice_count !=0) and
+ * non-DSC case (@dsc_slice_count == 0) and return the count.
+ */
+int drm_dp_link_symbol_cycles(int lane_count, int pixels, int dsc_slice_count,
+                             int bpp_x16, int symbol_size, bool is_mst)
 {
+       int slice_count = dsc_slice_count ? : 1;
        int slice_pixels = DIV_ROUND_UP(pixels, slice_count);
-       int slice_data_cycles = drm_dp_link_symbol_cycles(lane_count, slice_pixels,
-                                                         bpp_x16, symbol_size, is_mst);
-       int slice_eoc_cycles = is_mst ? 4 / lane_count : 1;
+       int slice_data_cycles = drm_dp_link_data_symbol_cycles(lane_count,
+                                                              slice_pixels,
+                                                              bpp_x16,
+                                                              symbol_size,
+                                                              is_mst);
+       int slice_eoc_cycles = 0;
+
+       if (dsc_slice_count)
+               slice_eoc_cycles = is_mst ? 4 / lane_count : 1;
 
        return slice_count * (slice_data_cycles + slice_eoc_cycles);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_link_symbol_cycles);
 
 /**
  * drm_dp_bw_overhead - Calculate the BW overhead of a DP link stream
  * @lane_count: DP link lane count
  * @hactive: pixel count of the active period in one scanline of the stream
- * @dsc_slice_count: DSC slice count if @flags/DRM_DP_LINK_BW_OVERHEAD_DSC is set
+ * @dsc_slice_count: number of slices for DSC or '0' for non-DSC
  * @bpp_x16: bits per pixel in .4 binary fixed point
  * @flags: DRM_DP_OVERHEAD_x flags
  *
  * as well as the stream's
  * - @hactive timing
  * - @bpp_x16 color depth
- * - compression mode (@flags / %DRM_DP_OVERHEAD_DSC).
+ * - compression mode (@dsc_slice_count != 0)
  * Note that this overhead doesn't account for the 8b/10b, 128b/132b
  * channel coding efficiency, for that see
  * @drm_dp_link_bw_channel_coding_efficiency().
        WARN_ON((flags & DRM_DP_BW_OVERHEAD_UHBR) &&
                (flags & DRM_DP_BW_OVERHEAD_FEC));
 
-       if (flags & DRM_DP_BW_OVERHEAD_DSC)
-               symbol_cycles = drm_dp_link_dsc_symbol_cycles(lane_count, hactive,
-                                                             dsc_slice_count,
-                                                             bpp_x16, symbol_size,
-                                                             is_mst);
-       else
-               symbol_cycles = drm_dp_link_symbol_cycles(lane_count, hactive,
-                                                         bpp_x16, symbol_size,
-                                                         is_mst);
+       symbol_cycles = drm_dp_link_symbol_cycles(lane_count, hactive,
+                                                 dsc_slice_count,
+                                                 bpp_x16, symbol_size,
+                                                 is_mst);
 
        return DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL(mul_u32_u32(symbol_cycles * symbol_size * lane_count,
                                            overhead * 16),