diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index 0936d08aa982e32752b68a23575efb49517aa40d..6f1babe911df0ef2caa2db0922c90778d9590fe1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -1978,6 +1978,14 @@ static int intel_dp_dsc_compute_config(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int intel_dp_min_bpp(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
+{
+	if (crtc_state->output_format == INTEL_OUTPUT_FORMAT_RGB)
+		return 6 * 3;
+	else
+		return 8 * 3;
+}
+
 static int
 intel_dp_compute_link_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 			     struct intel_crtc_state *pipe_config,
@@ -2001,7 +2009,7 @@ intel_dp_compute_link_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 	limits.min_lane_count = 1;
 	limits.max_lane_count = intel_dp_max_lane_count(intel_dp);
 
-	limits.min_bpp = 6 * 3;
+	limits.min_bpp = intel_dp_min_bpp(pipe_config);
 	limits.max_bpp = intel_dp_compute_bpp(intel_dp, pipe_config);
 
 	if (intel_dp_is_edp(intel_dp)) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.h
index 5c152ca6f9ed220ba3adc274c4b7f7344812289d..5e9e8d13de6eb9052df90b29c38a3d0f58addbdf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ void intel_dp_adjust_compliance_config(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 				       struct link_config_limits *limits);
 bool intel_dp_limited_color_range(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state,
 				  const struct drm_connector_state *conn_state);
+int intel_dp_min_bpp(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state);
 bool intel_dp_port_enabled(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 			   i915_reg_t dp_reg, enum port port,
 			   enum pipe *pipe);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_mst.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_mst.c
index 9c4c0589c0fc035b415aa88a44efd7a46952e87f..8839eaea8371544cd62aa280111550229509929a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_mst.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_mst.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static int intel_dp_mst_compute_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 	limits.min_lane_count =
 	limits.max_lane_count = intel_dp_max_lane_count(intel_dp);
 
-	limits.min_bpp = 6 * 3;
+	limits.min_bpp = intel_dp_min_bpp(pipe_config);
 	limits.max_bpp = pipe_config->pipe_bpp;
 
 	intel_dp_adjust_compliance_config(intel_dp, pipe_config, &limits);