diff --git a/libhwcomposer/hwc_mdpcomp.cpp b/libhwcomposer/hwc_mdpcomp.cpp
index 864a9e3..191c099 100644
--- a/libhwcomposer/hwc_mdpcomp.cpp
+++ b/libhwcomposer/hwc_mdpcomp.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
+#include <mdp_version.h>
 #include "hwc_mdpcomp.h"
 #include "hwc_qbuf.h"
 #include "hwc_external.h"
@@ -456,7 +457,12 @@ int MDPComp::mark_layers(hwc_layer_list_t* list, layer_mdp_info* layer_info,
 
         if((layer_prop & MDPCOMP_LAYER_DOWNSCALE) &&
                         (layer_prop & MDPCOMP_LAYER_BLEND)) {
-            pipe_pref = PIPE_REQ_RGB;
+            if (qdutils::MDPVersion::getInstance().getMDPVersion() >=
+                    qdutils::MDP_V4_2) {
+                pipe_pref = PIPE_REQ_RGB;
+            } else {
+                return MDPCOMP_ABORT;
+            }
          }
 
         int allocated_pipe = sPipeMgr.req_for_pipe( pipe_pref);