static void
 intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state_nomodeset(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
-                                          struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
+                                          struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 {
-       const struct intel_crtc_state *master_crtc_state;
-       struct intel_crtc *master_crtc;
+       struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state =
+               intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, crtc);
 
-       master_crtc = intel_master_crtc(crtc_state);
-       master_crtc_state = intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, master_crtc);
+       WARN_ON(crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave);
 
-       /* No need to copy state if the master state is unchanged */
-       if (master_crtc_state) {
-               crtc_state->uapi.color_mgmt_changed = master_crtc_state->uapi.color_mgmt_changed;
-               intel_crtc_copy_color_blobs(crtc_state, master_crtc_state);
-       }
+       drm_property_replace_blob(&crtc_state->hw.degamma_lut,
+                                 crtc_state->uapi.degamma_lut);
+       drm_property_replace_blob(&crtc_state->hw.gamma_lut,
+                                 crtc_state->uapi.gamma_lut);
+       drm_property_replace_blob(&crtc_state->hw.ctm,
+                                 crtc_state->uapi.ctm);
 }
 
 static void
-intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
-                                struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
+intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state_modeset(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
+                                        struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 {
+       struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state =
+               intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, crtc);
+
+       WARN_ON(crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave);
+
        crtc_state->hw.enable = crtc_state->uapi.enable;
        crtc_state->hw.active = crtc_state->uapi.active;
        crtc_state->hw.mode = crtc_state->uapi.mode;
        crtc_state->hw.adjusted_mode = crtc_state->uapi.adjusted_mode;
        crtc_state->hw.scaling_filter = crtc_state->uapi.scaling_filter;
 
-       intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state_nomodeset(state, crtc_state);
+       intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state_nomodeset(state, crtc);
 }
 
 static void intel_crtc_copy_hw_to_uapi_state(struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
        crtc_state->uapi.adjusted_mode = crtc_state->hw.adjusted_mode;
        crtc_state->uapi.scaling_filter = crtc_state->hw.scaling_filter;
 
-       /* copy color blobs to uapi */
        drm_property_replace_blob(&crtc_state->uapi.degamma_lut,
                                  crtc_state->hw.degamma_lut);
        drm_property_replace_blob(&crtc_state->uapi.gamma_lut,
                                  crtc_state->hw.ctm);
 }
 
+static void
+copy_bigjoiner_crtc_state_nomodeset(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
+                                   struct intel_crtc *slave_crtc)
+{
+       struct intel_crtc_state *slave_crtc_state =
+               intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, slave_crtc);
+       struct intel_crtc *master_crtc = intel_master_crtc(slave_crtc_state);
+       const struct intel_crtc_state *master_crtc_state =
+               intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, master_crtc);
+
+       drm_property_replace_blob(&slave_crtc_state->hw.degamma_lut,
+                                 master_crtc_state->hw.degamma_lut);
+       drm_property_replace_blob(&slave_crtc_state->hw.gamma_lut,
+                                 master_crtc_state->hw.gamma_lut);
+       drm_property_replace_blob(&slave_crtc_state->hw.ctm,
+                                 master_crtc_state->hw.ctm);
+
+       slave_crtc_state->uapi.color_mgmt_changed = master_crtc_state->uapi.color_mgmt_changed;
+}
+
 static int
-copy_bigjoiner_crtc_state(struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state,
-                         const struct intel_crtc_state *from_crtc_state)
+copy_bigjoiner_crtc_state_modeset(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
+                                 struct intel_crtc *slave_crtc)
 {
+       struct intel_crtc_state *slave_crtc_state =
+               intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, slave_crtc);
+       struct intel_crtc *master_crtc = intel_master_crtc(slave_crtc_state);
+       const struct intel_crtc_state *master_crtc_state =
+               intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, master_crtc);
        struct intel_crtc_state *saved_state;
 
-       saved_state = kmemdup(from_crtc_state, sizeof(*saved_state), GFP_KERNEL);
+       saved_state = kmemdup(master_crtc_state, sizeof(*saved_state), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!saved_state)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       saved_state->uapi = crtc_state->uapi;
-       saved_state->scaler_state = crtc_state->scaler_state;
-       saved_state->shared_dpll = crtc_state->shared_dpll;
-       saved_state->dpll_hw_state = crtc_state->dpll_hw_state;
-       saved_state->crc_enabled = crtc_state->crc_enabled;
+       /* preserve some things from the slave's original crtc state */
+       saved_state->uapi = slave_crtc_state->uapi;
+       saved_state->scaler_state = slave_crtc_state->scaler_state;
+       saved_state->shared_dpll = slave_crtc_state->shared_dpll;
+       saved_state->dpll_hw_state = slave_crtc_state->dpll_hw_state;
+       saved_state->crc_enabled = slave_crtc_state->crc_enabled;
 
-       intel_crtc_free_hw_state(crtc_state);
-       memcpy(crtc_state, saved_state, sizeof(*crtc_state));
+       intel_crtc_free_hw_state(slave_crtc_state);
+       memcpy(slave_crtc_state, saved_state, sizeof(*slave_crtc_state));
        kfree(saved_state);
 
        /* Re-init hw state */
-       memset(&crtc_state->hw, 0, sizeof(saved_state->hw));
-       crtc_state->hw.enable = from_crtc_state->hw.enable;
-       crtc_state->hw.active = from_crtc_state->hw.active;
-       crtc_state->hw.mode = from_crtc_state->hw.mode;
-       crtc_state->hw.pipe_mode = from_crtc_state->hw.pipe_mode;
-       crtc_state->hw.adjusted_mode = from_crtc_state->hw.adjusted_mode;
-       crtc_state->hw.scaling_filter = from_crtc_state->hw.scaling_filter;
+       memset(&slave_crtc_state->hw, 0, sizeof(slave_crtc_state->hw));
+       slave_crtc_state->hw.enable = master_crtc_state->hw.enable;
+       slave_crtc_state->hw.active = master_crtc_state->hw.active;
+       slave_crtc_state->hw.mode = master_crtc_state->hw.mode;
+       slave_crtc_state->hw.pipe_mode = master_crtc_state->hw.pipe_mode;
+       slave_crtc_state->hw.adjusted_mode = master_crtc_state->hw.adjusted_mode;
+       slave_crtc_state->hw.scaling_filter = master_crtc_state->hw.scaling_filter;
 
-       drm_property_replace_blob(&crtc_state->hw.degamma_lut,
-                                 from_crtc_state->hw.degamma_lut);
-       drm_property_replace_blob(&crtc_state->hw.gamma_lut,
-                                 from_crtc_state->hw.gamma_lut);
-       drm_property_replace_blob(&crtc_state->hw.ctm,
-                                 from_crtc_state->hw.ctm);
+       copy_bigjoiner_crtc_state_nomodeset(state, slave_crtc);
 
        /* Some fixups */
-       crtc_state->uapi.mode_changed = from_crtc_state->uapi.mode_changed;
-       crtc_state->uapi.connectors_changed = from_crtc_state->uapi.connectors_changed;
-       crtc_state->uapi.active_changed = from_crtc_state->uapi.active_changed;
-       crtc_state->uapi.color_mgmt_changed = from_crtc_state->uapi.color_mgmt_changed;
-       crtc_state->nv12_planes = crtc_state->c8_planes = crtc_state->update_planes = 0;
-       crtc_state->bigjoiner_linked_crtc = to_intel_crtc(from_crtc_state->uapi.crtc);
-       crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave = true;
-       crtc_state->cpu_transcoder = from_crtc_state->cpu_transcoder;
-       crtc_state->has_audio = from_crtc_state->has_audio;
+       slave_crtc_state->uapi.mode_changed = master_crtc_state->uapi.mode_changed;
+       slave_crtc_state->uapi.connectors_changed = master_crtc_state->uapi.connectors_changed;
+       slave_crtc_state->uapi.active_changed = master_crtc_state->uapi.active_changed;
+       slave_crtc_state->cpu_transcoder = master_crtc_state->cpu_transcoder;
+       slave_crtc_state->has_audio = master_crtc_state->has_audio;
 
        return 0;
 }
 
 static int
 intel_crtc_prepare_cleared_state(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
-                                struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
+                                struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 {
-       struct intel_crtc *crtc = to_intel_crtc(crtc_state->uapi.crtc);
+       struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state =
+               intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, crtc);
        struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(crtc->base.dev);
        struct intel_crtc_state *saved_state;
 
        memcpy(crtc_state, saved_state, sizeof(*crtc_state));
        kfree(saved_state);
 
-       intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state(state, crtc_state);
+       intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state_modeset(state, crtc);
 
        return 0;
 }
        struct intel_crtc_state *slave_crtc_state;
        struct intel_crtc *slave_crtc;
 
+       WARN_ON(master_crtc_state->bigjoiner_linked_crtc);
+       WARN_ON(master_crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave);
+
        if (!master_crtc_state->bigjoiner)
                return 0;
 
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       master_crtc_state->bigjoiner_linked_crtc = slave_crtc;
        slave_crtc_state = intel_atomic_get_crtc_state(&state->base, slave_crtc);
        if (IS_ERR(slave_crtc_state))
                return PTR_ERR(slave_crtc_state);
        if (slave_crtc_state->uapi.enable)
                goto claimed;
 
+       /*
+        * The state copy logic assumes the master crtc gets processed
+        * before the slave crtc during the main compute_config loop.
+        * This works because the crtcs are created in pipe order,
+        * and the hardware requires master pipe < slave pipe as well.
+        * Should that change we need to rethink the logic.
+        */
+       if (WARN_ON(drm_crtc_index(&master_crtc->base) > drm_crtc_index(&slave_crtc->base)))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        drm_dbg_kms(&i915->drm,
-                   "[CRTC:%d:%s] Used as slave for big joiner\n",
-                   slave_crtc->base.base.id, slave_crtc->base.name);
+                   "[CRTC:%d:%s] Used as slave for big joiner master [CRTC:%d:%s]\n",
+                   slave_crtc->base.base.id, slave_crtc->base.name,
+                   master_crtc->base.base.id, master_crtc->base.name);
+
+       master_crtc_state->bigjoiner_linked_crtc = slave_crtc;
+       master_crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave = false;
 
-       return copy_bigjoiner_crtc_state(slave_crtc_state, master_crtc_state);
+       slave_crtc_state->bigjoiner_linked_crtc = master_crtc;
+       slave_crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave = true;
+
+       return copy_bigjoiner_crtc_state_modeset(state, slave_crtc);
 
 claimed:
        drm_dbg_kms(&i915->drm,
 }
 
 static void kill_bigjoiner_slave(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
-                                struct intel_crtc_state *master_crtc_state)
+                                struct intel_crtc *master_crtc)
 {
+       struct intel_crtc_state *master_crtc_state =
+               intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, master_crtc);
+       struct intel_crtc *slave_crtc = master_crtc_state->bigjoiner_linked_crtc;
        struct intel_crtc_state *slave_crtc_state =
-               intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, master_crtc_state->bigjoiner_linked_crtc);
+               intel_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, slave_crtc);
 
        slave_crtc_state->bigjoiner = master_crtc_state->bigjoiner = false;
        slave_crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave = master_crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave = false;
        slave_crtc_state->bigjoiner_linked_crtc = master_crtc_state->bigjoiner_linked_crtc = NULL;
-       intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state(state, slave_crtc_state);
+
+       intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state_modeset(state, slave_crtc);
 }
 
 /**
                /* Kill old bigjoiner link, we may re-establish afterwards */
                if (intel_crtc_needs_modeset(crtc_state) &&
                    crtc_state->bigjoiner && !crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave)
-                       kill_bigjoiner_slave(state, crtc_state);
+                       kill_bigjoiner_slave(state, crtc);
        }
 
        return 0;
        for_each_oldnew_intel_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, old_crtc_state,
                                            new_crtc_state, i) {
                if (!intel_crtc_needs_modeset(new_crtc_state)) {
-                       /* Light copy */
-                       intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state_nomodeset(state, new_crtc_state);
-
+                       if (new_crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave)
+                               copy_bigjoiner_crtc_state_nomodeset(state, crtc);
+                       else
+                               intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state_nomodeset(state, crtc);
                        continue;
                }
 
                if (!new_crtc_state->uapi.enable) {
                        if (!new_crtc_state->bigjoiner_slave) {
-                               intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state(state, new_crtc_state);
+                               intel_crtc_copy_uapi_to_hw_state_modeset(state, crtc);
                                any_ms = true;
                        }
                        continue;
                }
 
-               ret = intel_crtc_prepare_cleared_state(state, new_crtc_state);
+               ret = intel_crtc_prepare_cleared_state(state, crtc);
                if (ret)
                        goto fail;