diff --git a/liboverlay/overlay.cpp b/liboverlay/overlay.cpp
index 96c057f..3a96b71 100644
--- a/liboverlay/overlay.cpp
+++ b/liboverlay/overlay.cpp
@@ -279,8 +279,29 @@
     uint8_t pipe2Prio = mPipeBook[(int)pipe2Index].mPipe->getPriority();
     if(pipe1Prio > pipe2Prio)
         return -1;
-    if(pipe1Prio < pipe2Prio)
+    else if(pipe1Prio < pipe2Prio)
         return 1;
+    else {
+        // If we are here, Source Split is enabled and both pipes are
+        // new requests. In this case left type should be of higher prio
+        // than right type
+        utils::eMdpPipeType leftType = PipeBook::getPipeType(pipe1Index);
+        utils::eMdpPipeType rightType = PipeBook::getPipeType(pipe2Index);
+
+        if(leftType == rightType) {
+            //Safe. Onus on driver to assign correct pipes within same type
+            return 1;
+        } else if(leftType == OV_MDP_PIPE_DMA or rightType == OV_MDP_PIPE_VG) {
+            //If we are here, right is definitely a higher prio type.
+            //This check takes advantage of having only 3 types and avoids 3
+            //different failure combination checks.
+            return -1;
+        } else {
+            //Types are correct priority-wise
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }