diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
index 570bd603f401..2ca481b5aa69 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
@@ -4335,10 +4335,18 @@ skl_compute_wm(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 	struct drm_crtc_state *cstate;
 	struct intel_atomic_state *intel_state = to_intel_atomic_state(state);
 	struct skl_wm_values *results = &intel_state->wm_results;
+	struct drm_device *dev = state->dev;
 	struct skl_pipe_wm *pipe_wm;
 	bool changed = false;
 	int ret, i;
 
+	/*
+	 * When we distrust bios wm we always need to recompute to set the
+	 * expected DDB allocations for each CRTC.
+	 */
+	if (to_i915(dev)->wm.distrust_bios_wm)
+		changed = true;
+
 	/*
 	 * If this transaction isn't actually touching any CRTC's, don't
 	 * bother with watermark calculation.  Note that if we pass this
@@ -4349,6 +4357,7 @@ skl_compute_wm(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 	 */
 	for_each_new_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, cstate, i)
 		changed = true;
+
 	if (!changed)
 		return 0;