diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
index 3632854c2b9114f451ea23df81683678dfc71a35..ef3b0e3571ec860ee64c3f75d15c08c00b83c011 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ static int omap_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	dev->mode_config.max_width = 8192;
 	dev->mode_config.max_height = 8192;
 
+	/* We want the zpos to be normalized */
+	dev->mode_config.normalize_zpos = true;
+
 	dev->mode_config.funcs = &omap_mode_config_funcs;
 	dev->mode_config.helper_private = &omap_mode_config_helper_funcs;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_plane.c
index 2899435cad6e4322b05b3cfb5e90719590e6cab9..161233cbc9a0fc1e424b94c52b95a4775384cc1d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_plane.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void omap_plane_atomic_update(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	info.rotation_type = OMAP_DSS_ROT_NONE;
 	info.rotation = DRM_MODE_ROTATE_0;
 	info.global_alpha = 0xff;
-	info.zorder = state->zpos;
+	info.zorder = state->normalized_zpos;
 
 	/* update scanout: */
 	omap_framebuffer_update_scanout(state->fb, state, &info);