diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdcp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdcp.c
index b50c03a3bfe6..db9527173a1e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdcp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hdcp.c
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ int intel_hdcp_auth_downstream(struct intel_digital_port *intel_dig_port,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (DRM_HDCP_MAX_DEVICE_EXCEEDED(bstatus[0]) ||
+	    DRM_HDCP_MAX_CASCADE_EXCEEDED(bstatus[1])) {
+		DRM_ERROR("Max Topology Limit Exceeded\n");
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+
 	/* If there are no downstream devices, we're all done. */
 	num_downstream = DRM_HDCP_NUM_DOWNSTREAM(bstatus[0]);
 	if (num_downstream == 0) {
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_hdcp.h b/include/drm/drm_hdcp.h
index 43f7bd902b41..562fa7df2637 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_hdcp.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_hdcp.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #define DRM_HDCP_V_PRIME_PART_LEN		4
 #define DRM_HDCP_V_PRIME_NUM_PARTS		5
 #define DRM_HDCP_NUM_DOWNSTREAM(x)		(x & 0x3f)
+#define DRM_HDCP_MAX_CASCADE_EXCEEDED(x)	(x & BIT(3))
+#define DRM_HDCP_MAX_DEVICE_EXCEEDED(x)		(x & BIT(7))
 
 /* Slave address for the HDCP registers in the receiver */
 #define DRM_HDCP_DDC_ADDR			0x3A