diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 440cfa91162a..c53ecbd9abdd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -332,8 +332,15 @@ update_connector_routing(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 	 * about is ensuring that userspace can't do anything but shut off the
 	 * display on a connector that was destroyed after it's been notified,
 	 * not before.
+	 *
+	 * Additionally, we also want to ignore connector registration when
+	 * we're trying to restore an atomic state during system resume since
+	 * there's a chance the connector may have been destroyed during the
+	 * process, but it's better to ignore that then cause
+	 * drm_atomic_helper_resume() to fail.
 	 */
-	if (drm_connector_is_unregistered(connector) && crtc_state->active) {
+	if (!state->duplicated && drm_connector_is_unregistered(connector) &&
+	    crtc_state->active) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] is not registered\n",
 				 connector->base.id, connector->name);
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3180,6 +3187,7 @@ drm_atomic_helper_duplicate_state(struct drm_device *dev,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	state->acquire_ctx = ctx;
+	state->duplicated = true;
 
 	drm_for_each_crtc(crtc, dev) {
 		struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
index dc7ac0c60547..5a99135d39cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
@@ -3097,6 +3097,10 @@ static int drm_dp_init_vcpi(struct drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr *mgr,
  * @port as needed. It is not OK however, to call this function and
  * drm_dp_atomic_release_vcpi_slots() in the same atomic check phase.
  *
+ * When &drm_atomic_state.duplicated is set to %true%, this function will not
+ * perform any error checking and will instead simply return the previously
+ * recorded VCPI allocations.
+ *
  * See also:
  * drm_dp_atomic_release_vcpi_slots()
  * drm_dp_mst_atomic_check()
@@ -3181,6 +3185,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_atomic_find_vcpi_slots);
  * drm_dp_atomic_find_vcpi_slots() on the same @port in a single atomic check
  * phase.
  *
+ * When &drm_atomic_state.duplicated is set, this function will not
+ * modify the VCPI allocations in &drm_dp_mst_topology_state.vcpis, so that
+ * those VCPI allocations may be restored as-is from the duplicated state. In
+ * this scenario, this function will always return 0.
+ *
  * See also:
  * drm_dp_atomic_find_vcpi_slots()
  * drm_dp_mst_atomic_check()
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
index 3b97b2bfaad9..824a5ed4e216 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
@@ -329,6 +329,15 @@ struct drm_atomic_state {
 	bool allow_modeset : 1;
 	bool legacy_cursor_update : 1;
 	bool async_update : 1;
+	/**
+	 * @duplicated:
+	 *
+	 * Indicates whether or not this atomic state was duplicated using
+	 * drm_atomic_helper_duplicate_state(). Drivers and atomic helpers
+	 * should use this to fixup normal  inconsistencies in duplicated
+	 * states.
+	 */
+	bool duplicated : 1;
 	struct __drm_planes_state *planes;
 	struct __drm_crtcs_state *crtcs;
 	int num_connector;