diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 3731a26979bc..a800b2c75522 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -1341,6 +1341,49 @@ drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes_on_crtc(struct drm_crtc_state *old_crtc_state)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes_on_crtc);
 
+/**
+ * drm_atomic_helper_disable_planes_on_crtc - helper to disable CRTC's planes
+ * @crtc: CRTC
+ * @atomic: if set, synchronize with CRTC's atomic_begin/flush hooks
+ *
+ * Disables all planes associated with the given CRTC. This can be
+ * used for instance in the CRTC helper disable callback to disable
+ * all planes before shutting down the display pipeline.
+ *
+ * If the atomic-parameter is set the function calls the CRTC's
+ * atomic_begin hook before and atomic_flush hook after disabling the
+ * planes.
+ *
+ * It is a bug to call this function without having implemented the
+ * ->atomic_disable() plane hook.
+ */
+void drm_atomic_helper_disable_planes_on_crtc(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+					      bool atomic)
+{
+	const struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs *crtc_funcs =
+		crtc->helper_private;
+	struct drm_plane *plane;
+
+	if (atomic && crtc_funcs && crtc_funcs->atomic_begin)
+		crtc_funcs->atomic_begin(crtc, NULL);
+
+	drm_for_each_plane(plane, crtc->dev) {
+		const struct drm_plane_helper_funcs *plane_funcs =
+			plane->helper_private;
+
+		if (plane->state->crtc != crtc || !plane_funcs)
+			continue;
+
+		WARN_ON(!plane_funcs->atomic_disable);
+		if (plane_funcs->atomic_disable)
+			plane_funcs->atomic_disable(plane, NULL);
+	}
+
+	if (atomic && crtc_funcs && crtc_funcs->atomic_flush)
+		crtc_funcs->atomic_flush(crtc, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_disable_planes_on_crtc);
+
 /**
  * drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes - cleanup plane resources after commit
  * @dev: DRM device
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h
index 8cba54a2a0a0..b7d423732f47 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ void drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(struct drm_device *dev,
 void drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(struct drm_device *dev,
 				      struct drm_atomic_state *old_state);
 void drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes_on_crtc(struct drm_crtc_state *old_crtc_state);
+void drm_atomic_helper_disable_planes_on_crtc(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+					      bool atomic);
 
 void drm_atomic_helper_swap_state(struct drm_device *dev,
 				  struct drm_atomic_state *state);