diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_vop.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_vop.h
index 4a2099cb582e..857d97cdc67c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_vop.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_vop.h
@@ -17,9 +17,20 @@
 
 #define NUM_YUV2YUV_COEFFICIENTS 12
 
+/* AFBC supports a number of configurable modes. Relevant to us is block size
+ * (16x16 or 32x8), storage modifiers (SPARSE, SPLIT), and the YUV-like
+ * colourspace transform (YTR). 16x16 SPARSE mode is always used. SPLIT mode
+ * could be enabled via the hreg_block_split register, but is not currently
+ * handled. The colourspace transform is implicitly always assumed by the
+ * decoder, so consumers must use this transform as well.
+ *
+ * Failure to match modifiers will cause errors displaying AFBC buffers
+ * produced by conformant AFBC producers, including Mesa.
+ */
 #define ROCKCHIP_AFBC_MOD \
 	DRM_FORMAT_MOD_ARM_AFBC( \
 		AFBC_FORMAT_MOD_BLOCK_SIZE_16x16 | AFBC_FORMAT_MOD_SPARSE \
+			| AFBC_FORMAT_MOD_YTR \
 	)
 
 enum vop_data_format {