diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_plane.c
index c408861..ff9484b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_plane.c
@@ -2886,11 +2886,12 @@
 
 		/*
 		 * Check exclusion rect against src rect.
-		 * Cropping is not required as hardware will consider only the
-		 * intersecting region with the src rect.
+		 * it must intersect with source rect.
 		 */
 		sde_kms_rect_intersect(&src, &pstate->excl_rect, &intersect);
-		if (!intersect.w || !intersect.h || SDE_FORMAT_IS_YUV(fmt)) {
+		if (intersect.w != pstate->excl_rect.w ||
+				intersect.h != pstate->excl_rect.h ||
+				SDE_FORMAT_IS_YUV(fmt)) {
 			SDE_ERROR_PLANE(psde,
 				"invalid excl_rect:{%d,%d,%d,%d} src:{%d,%d,%d,%d}, fmt: %4.4s\n",
 				pstate->excl_rect.x, pstate->excl_rect.y,