diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3-crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3-crtc.c
index a202237c315f..82114fe2a42a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3-crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3-crtc.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static void ipu_crtc_atomic_disable(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	drm_crtc_vblank_off(crtc);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
-	if (crtc->state->event) {
+	if (crtc->state->event && !crtc->state->active) {
 		drm_crtc_send_vblank_event(crtc, crtc->state->event);
 		crtc->state->event = NULL;
 	}