diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
index 9a185032a3bd..9d6fcf986022 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
@@ -1151,6 +1151,47 @@ static int select_bus_fmt_recursive(struct drm_bridge *first_bridge,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static bool __pure bus_format_is_color_fmt(u32 bus_fmt, enum drm_connector_color_format fmt)
+{
+	if (fmt == DRM_CONNECTOR_COLOR_FORMAT_AUTO)
+		return true;
+
+	switch (bus_fmt) {
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_FIXED:
+		return true;
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB888_1X24:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB101010_1X30:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB121212_1X36:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_RGB161616_1X48:
+		return fmt == DRM_CONNECTOR_COLOR_FORMAT_RGB444;
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV8_1X24:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV10_1X30:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV12_1X36:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUV16_1X48:
+		return fmt == DRM_CONNECTOR_COLOR_FORMAT_YCBCR444;
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY8_1X16:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_VYUY8_1X16:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV8_1X16:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YVYU8_1X16:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY10_1X20:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV10_1X20:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_VYUY10_1X20:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YVYU10_1X20:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYVY12_1X24:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_VYUY12_1X24:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YUYV12_1X24:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_YVYU12_1X24:
+		return fmt == DRM_CONNECTOR_COLOR_FORMAT_YCBCR422;
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYYVYY8_0_5X24:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYYVYY10_0_5X30:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYYVYY12_0_5X36:
+	case MEDIA_BUS_FMT_UYYVYY16_0_5X48:
+		return fmt == DRM_CONNECTOR_COLOR_FORMAT_YCBCR420;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * This function is called by &drm_atomic_bridge_chain_check() just before
  * calling &drm_bridge_funcs.atomic_check() on all elements of the chain.
@@ -1194,6 +1235,7 @@ drm_atomic_bridge_chain_select_bus_fmts(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 	struct drm_encoder *encoder = bridge->encoder;
 	struct drm_bridge_state *last_bridge_state;
 	unsigned int i, num_out_bus_fmts = 0;
+	enum drm_connector_color_format fmt;
 	u32 *out_bus_fmts;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -1235,11 +1277,31 @@ drm_atomic_bridge_chain_select_bus_fmts(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 			out_bus_fmts[0] = MEDIA_BUS_FMT_FIXED;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Instead of directly accessing conn_state.color_format, call into a
+	 * connector function that allows connector implementations (e.g. for
+	 * bridge connectors including HDMI bridges, where the HDMI helpers will
+	 * have already chosen an appropriate output format) to override the
+	 * selected format.
+	 */
+	fmt = drm_connector_get_color_format(conn_state);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < num_out_bus_fmts; i++) {
+		if (!bus_format_is_color_fmt(out_bus_fmts[i], fmt)) {
+			drm_dbg_kms(last_bridge->dev,
+				    "Skipping bus format 0x%04x as it doesn't match format %d\n",
+				    out_bus_fmts[i], fmt);
+			ret = -ENOTSUPP;
+			continue;
+		}
 		ret = select_bus_fmt_recursive(bridge, last_bridge, crtc_state,
 					       conn_state, out_bus_fmts[i]);
-		if (ret != -ENOTSUPP)
+		if (ret != -ENOTSUPP) {
+			drm_dbg_kms(last_bridge->dev,
+				    "Found bridge chain ending with bus format 0x%04x\n",
+				    out_bus_fmts[i]);
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	kfree(out_bus_fmts);