diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
index b0b0ad9a0c24..4cfc9c7c2ae0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
@@ -600,8 +600,11 @@ nouveau_connector_detect(struct drm_connector *connector, bool force)
 				new_edid = drm_get_edid(connector, nv_encoder->i2c);
 		} else {
 			ret = nvif_outp_edid_get(&nv_encoder->outp, (u8 **)&new_edid);
-			if (ret < 0)
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(dev->dev);
+				pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(dev->dev);
 				return connector_status_disconnected;
+			}
 		}
 
 		nouveau_connector_set_edid(nv_connector, new_edid);