diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_vop2_reg.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_vop2_reg.c
index 89952e5d743c..b142e1a3ca2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_vop2_reg.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_vop2_reg.c
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ static const uint64_t format_modifiers_afbc[] = {
 				AFBC_FORMAT_MOD_SPARSE |
 				AFBC_FORMAT_MOD_SPLIT),
 
+	/* SPLIT mandates SPARSE */
+	DRM_FORMAT_MOD_ARM_AFBC(AFBC_FORMAT_MOD_BLOCK_SIZE_16x16 |
+				AFBC_FORMAT_MOD_SPARSE |
+				AFBC_FORMAT_MOD_SPLIT),
+
 	DRM_FORMAT_MOD_LINEAR,
 	DRM_FORMAT_MOD_INVALID,
 };