diff --git a/rotator/sde_rotator_core.c b/rotator/sde_rotator_core.c
index 330a11ccc8680..7bc2d929a6916 100644
--- a/rotator/sde_rotator_core.c
+++ b/rotator/sde_rotator_core.c
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
 
 #define BUS_VOTE_19_MHZ 153600000
 
+#define ROT_HAS_UBWC(caps) (test_bit(SDE_CAPS_UBWC_2, caps) ||\
+		test_bit(SDE_CAPS_UBWC_3, caps) ||\
+		test_bit(SDE_CAPS_UBWC_4, caps))
+
 /* forward prototype */
 static int sde_rotator_update_perf(struct sde_rot_mgr *mgr);
 
@@ -1991,14 +1995,25 @@ static int sde_rotator_validate_img_roi(struct sde_rotation_item *item)
 static int sde_rotator_validate_fmt_and_item_flags(
 	struct sde_rotation_config *config, struct sde_rotation_item *item)
 {
-	struct sde_mdp_format_params *fmt;
+	struct sde_mdp_format_params *in_fmt, *out_fmt;
+	struct sde_rot_data_type *mdata = sde_rot_get_mdata();
+	bool has_ubwc;
 
-	fmt = sde_get_format_params(item->input.format);
+	in_fmt = sde_get_format_params(item->input.format);
+	out_fmt = sde_get_format_params(item->output.format);
 	if ((item->flags & SDE_ROTATION_DEINTERLACE) &&
-			sde_mdp_is_ubwc_format(fmt)) {
+			sde_mdp_is_ubwc_format(in_fmt)) {
 		SDEROT_DBG("cannot perform deinterlace on tiled formats\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	has_ubwc = ROT_HAS_UBWC(mdata->sde_caps_map);
+	if (!has_ubwc && (sde_mdp_is_ubwc_format(in_fmt) ||
+		sde_mdp_is_ubwc_format(out_fmt))) {
+		SDEROT_ERR("ubwc format is not supported\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }