diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index 6189685af1fd..1f8f0ce45c2a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -4359,7 +4359,10 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_initialize_drm_device(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 
 	/* There is one primary plane per CRTC */
 	primary_planes = dm->dc->caps.max_streams;
-	ASSERT(primary_planes <= AMDGPU_MAX_PLANES);
+	if (primary_planes > AMDGPU_MAX_PLANES) {
+		DRM_ERROR("DM: Plane nums out of 6 planes\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize primary planes, implicit planes for legacy IOCTLS.