diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
index 1f705f0d81b4..6227a3c0fce4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
@@ -2650,7 +2650,6 @@ dw_hdmi_connector_atomic_flush(struct drm_connector *connector,
 		if (hdmi_bus_fmt_is_yuv420(hdmi->hdmi_data.enc_out_bus_format))
 			vmode->mtmdsclock /= 2;
 
-		hdmi->mc_clkdis = hdmi_readb(hdmi, HDMI_MC_CLKDIS);
 		hdmi->phy.enabled = true;
 		hdmi->bridge_is_on = true;
 		if (in_bus_format != hdmi->hdmi_data.enc_in_bus_format ||
@@ -3599,6 +3598,9 @@ int dw_hdmi_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 		 prod_id1 & HDMI_PRODUCT_ID1_HDCP ? "with" : "without",
 		 hdmi->phy.name);
 
+	ret = hdmi_readb(hdmi, HDMI_PHY_STAT0);
+	if (ret & (HDMI_PHY_TX_PHY_LOCK | HDMI_PHY_HPD))
+		hdmi->mc_clkdis = hdmi_readb(hdmi, HDMI_MC_CLKDIS);
 	init_hpd_work(hdmi);
 	initialize_hdmi_ih_mutes(hdmi);