diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
index f43c4b0f1e5d..9e9255ee59cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
@@ -175,10 +175,13 @@ static const uint32_t sun4i_backend_formats[] = {
 	DRM_FORMAT_YVYU,
 };
 
-bool sun4i_backend_format_is_supported(uint32_t fmt)
+bool sun4i_backend_format_is_supported(uint32_t fmt, uint64_t modifier)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	if (modifier != DRM_FORMAT_MOD_LINEAR)
+		return false;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sun4i_backend_formats); i++)
 		if (sun4i_backend_formats[i] == fmt)
 			return true;
@@ -454,14 +457,15 @@ static bool sun4i_backend_plane_uses_frontend(struct drm_plane_state *state)
 	struct sun4i_layer *layer = plane_to_sun4i_layer(state->plane);
 	struct sun4i_backend *backend = layer->backend;
 	uint32_t format = state->fb->format->format;
+	uint64_t modifier = state->fb->modifier;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(backend->frontend))
 		return false;
 
-	if (!sun4i_frontend_format_is_supported(format))
+	if (!sun4i_frontend_format_is_supported(format, modifier))
 		return false;
 
-	if (!sun4i_backend_format_is_supported(format))
+	if (!sun4i_backend_format_is_supported(format, modifier))
 		return true;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.h
index 93db3af675b3..01f66463271b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ engine_to_sun4i_backend(struct sunxi_engine *engine)
 
 void sun4i_backend_layer_enable(struct sun4i_backend *backend,
 				int layer, bool enable);
-bool sun4i_backend_format_is_supported(uint32_t fmt);
+bool sun4i_backend_format_is_supported(uint32_t fmt, uint64_t modifier);
 int sun4i_backend_update_layer_coord(struct sun4i_backend *backend,
 				     int layer, struct drm_plane *plane);
 int sun4i_backend_update_layer_formats(struct sun4i_backend *backend,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.c
index 5d765764bff9..1a7ebc45747e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.c
@@ -163,10 +163,13 @@ static const uint32_t sun4i_frontend_formats[] = {
 	DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888,
 };
 
-bool sun4i_frontend_format_is_supported(uint32_t fmt)
+bool sun4i_frontend_format_is_supported(uint32_t fmt, uint64_t modifier)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	if (modifier != DRM_FORMAT_MOD_LINEAR)
+		return false;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sun4i_frontend_formats); i++)
 		if (sun4i_frontend_formats[i] == fmt)
 			return true;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.h
index 800a193eebc2..ad146e8d8d70 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.h
@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@ void sun4i_frontend_update_coord(struct sun4i_frontend *frontend,
 				 struct drm_plane *plane);
 int sun4i_frontend_update_formats(struct sun4i_frontend *frontend,
 				  struct drm_plane *plane, uint32_t out_fmt);
-bool sun4i_frontend_format_is_supported(uint32_t fmt);
+bool sun4i_frontend_format_is_supported(uint32_t fmt, uint64_t modifier);
 
 #endif /* _SUN4I_FRONTEND_H_ */