diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_mst.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_mst.c
index d89120dcac67d..8e6a7b8dffcaf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_mst.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_mst.c
@@ -125,7 +125,15 @@ static int intel_dp_mst_compute_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 	limits.max_lane_count = intel_dp_max_lane_count(intel_dp);
 
 	limits.min_bpp = intel_dp_min_bpp(pipe_config);
-	limits.max_bpp = pipe_config->pipe_bpp;
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: If all the streams can't fit into the link with
+	 * their current pipe_bpp we should reduce pipe_bpp across
+	 * the board until things start to fit. Until then we
+	 * limit to <= 8bpc since that's what was hardcoded for all
+	 * MST streams previously. This hack should be removed once
+	 * we have the proper retry logic in place.
+	 */
+	limits.max_bpp = min(pipe_config->pipe_bpp, 24);
 
 	intel_dp_adjust_compliance_config(intel_dp, pipe_config, &limits);