diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_connector.c b/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
index e0e31655af50..e2da54b27fb3 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_connector.c
@@ -2340,6 +2340,7 @@ static int sde_connector_atomic_check(struct drm_connector *connector,
 	struct sde_connector_state *c_state;
 	bool qsync_dirty = false, has_modeset = false;
 	struct drm_connector_state *new_conn_state;
+	struct drm_crtc_state *new_crtc_state = NULL;
 
 	if (!connector) {
 		SDE_ERROR("invalid connector\n");
@@ -2355,6 +2356,9 @@ static int sde_connector_atomic_check(struct drm_connector *connector,
 	}
 
 	c_state = to_sde_connector_state(new_conn_state);
+	if (new_conn_state->crtc)
+		new_crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state,
+					new_conn_state->crtc);
 
 	has_modeset = sde_crtc_atomic_check_has_modeset(new_conn_state->state,
 						new_conn_state->crtc);
@@ -2363,7 +2367,8 @@ static int sde_connector_atomic_check(struct drm_connector *connector,
 					CONNECTOR_PROP_QSYNC_MODE);
 
 	SDE_DEBUG("has_modeset %d qsync_dirty %d\n", has_modeset, qsync_dirty);
-	if (has_modeset && qsync_dirty) {
+	if (has_modeset && qsync_dirty && new_crtc_state &&
+		!msm_is_mode_seamless_vrr(&new_crtc_state->adjusted_mode)) {
 		SDE_ERROR("invalid qsync update during modeset\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/msm/sde/sde_encoder_phys_vid.c b/msm/sde/sde_encoder_phys_vid.c
index 03dae31704c9..fd1554351e2b 100644
--- a/msm/sde/sde_encoder_phys_vid.c
+++ b/msm/sde/sde_encoder_phys_vid.c
@@ -1135,13 +1135,21 @@ static void sde_encoder_phys_vid_handle_post_kickoff(
 static void sde_encoder_phys_vid_prepare_for_commit(
 		struct sde_encoder_phys *phys_enc)
 {
+	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
 
-	if (!phys_enc) {
+	if (!phys_enc || !phys_enc->parent) {
 		SDE_ERROR("invalid encoder parameters\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (sde_connector_is_qsync_updated(phys_enc->connector))
+	crtc = phys_enc->parent->crtc;
+	if (!crtc || !crtc->state) {
+		SDE_ERROR("invalid crtc state\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!msm_is_mode_seamless_vrr(&crtc->state->adjusted_mode)
+			&& sde_connector_is_qsync_updated(phys_enc->connector))
 		_sde_encoder_phys_vid_avr_ctrl(phys_enc);
 
 }