diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_connector.c b/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
index d06356b344..02cacc9374 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
@@ -1238,12 +1238,6 @@ static int _sde_connector_set_ext_hdr_info(
 		goto end;
 	}
 
-	if (!c_conn->hdr_supported) {
-		SDE_ERROR_CONN(c_conn, "sink doesn't support HDR\n");
-		rc = -ENOTSUPP;
-		goto end;
-	}
-
 	memset(&c_state->hdr_meta, 0, sizeof(c_state->hdr_meta));
 
 	if (!usr_ptr) {
@@ -1251,6 +1245,12 @@ static int _sde_connector_set_ext_hdr_info(
 		goto end;
 	}
 
+	if (!c_conn->hdr_supported) {
+		SDE_ERROR_CONN(c_conn, "sink doesn't support HDR\n");
+		rc = -ENOTSUPP;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
 	if (copy_from_user(&c_state->hdr_meta,
 		(void __user *)usr_ptr,
 			sizeof(*hdr_meta))) {