diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn20/dcn20_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn20/dcn20_resource.c
index 94bf438c7310cd69002894513eedcb96a08110d2..e0daa4e051acb3fec5fe564a6cbc3e8a31dd6084 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn20/dcn20_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn20/dcn20_resource.c
@@ -2026,6 +2026,7 @@ bool dcn20_fast_validate_bw(
 {
 	bool out = false;
 	int split[MAX_PIPES] = { 0 };
+	bool merge[MAX_PIPES] = { false };
 	int pipe_cnt, i, pipe_idx, vlevel;
 
 	ASSERT(pipes);
@@ -2050,7 +2051,7 @@ bool dcn20_fast_validate_bw(
 	if (vlevel > context->bw_ctx.dml.soc.num_states)
 		goto validate_fail;
 
-	vlevel = dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags(dc, context, vlevel, split, NULL);
+	vlevel = dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags(dc, context, vlevel, split, merge);
 
 	/*initialize pipe_just_split_from to invalid idx*/
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_PIPES; i++)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn21/dcn21_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn21/dcn21_resource.c
index d1a25fe6c44faa839d7ed1b4de42427cfe46884a..c1a1ca755f26c7b304634b845ece06bd0237441f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn21/dcn21_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dcn21/dcn21_resource.c
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ bool dcn21_fast_validate_bw(struct dc *dc,
 {
 	bool out = false;
 	int split[MAX_PIPES] = { 0 };
+	bool merge[MAX_PIPES] = { false };
 	int pipe_cnt, i, pipe_idx, vlevel;
 
 	ASSERT(pipes);
@@ -842,7 +843,7 @@ bool dcn21_fast_validate_bw(struct dc *dc,
 			goto validate_fail;
 	}
 
-	vlevel = dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags(dc, context, vlevel, split, NULL);
+	vlevel = dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags(dc, context, vlevel, split, merge);
 
 	for (i = 0, pipe_idx = 0; i < dc->res_pool->pipe_count; i++) {
 		struct pipe_ctx *pipe = &context->res_ctx.pipe_ctx[i];