* since we calculate mode support based on softmax being the max UCLK
                                         * frequency.
                                         */
-                                       dcn32_smu_set_hard_min_by_freq(clk_mgr, PPCLK_UCLK,
-                                                       dc->clk_mgr->bw_params->dc_mode_softmax_memclk);
+                                       if (dc->debug.disable_dc_mode_overwrite) {
+                                               dcn30_smu_set_hard_max_by_freq(clk_mgr, PPCLK_UCLK, dc->clk_mgr->bw_params->max_memclk_mhz);
+                                               dcn32_smu_set_hard_min_by_freq(clk_mgr, PPCLK_UCLK, dc->clk_mgr->bw_params->max_memclk_mhz);
+                                       } else
+                                               dcn32_smu_set_hard_min_by_freq(clk_mgr, PPCLK_UCLK,
+                                                               dc->clk_mgr->bw_params->dc_mode_softmax_memclk);
                                } else {
                                        dcn32_smu_set_hard_min_by_freq(clk_mgr, PPCLK_UCLK, dc->clk_mgr->bw_params->max_memclk_mhz);
                                }
                /* set UCLK to requested value if P-State switching is supported, or to re-enable P-State switching */
                if (clk_mgr_base->clks.p_state_change_support &&
                                (update_uclk || !clk_mgr_base->clks.prev_p_state_change_support) &&
-                               !dc->work_arounds.clock_update_disable_mask.uclk)
+                               !dc->work_arounds.clock_update_disable_mask.uclk) {
+                       if (dc->clk_mgr->dc_mode_softmax_enabled && dc->debug.disable_dc_mode_overwrite)
+                               dcn30_smu_set_hard_max_by_freq(clk_mgr, PPCLK_UCLK,
+                                               max((int)dc->clk_mgr->bw_params->dc_mode_softmax_memclk, khz_to_mhz_ceil(clk_mgr_base->clks.dramclk_khz)));
+
                        dcn32_smu_set_hard_min_by_freq(clk_mgr, PPCLK_UCLK, khz_to_mhz_ceil(clk_mgr_base->clks.dramclk_khz));
+               }
 
                if (clk_mgr_base->clks.num_ways != new_clocks->num_ways &&
                                clk_mgr_base->clks.num_ways > new_clocks->num_ways) {