diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_aux.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_aux.c
index 707489776e91..78ed728fa8ea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_aux.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_aux.c
@@ -316,23 +316,6 @@ static ssize_t dp_aux_transfer(struct drm_dp_aux *dp_aux,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * For eDP it's important to give a reasonably long wait here for HPD
-	 * to be asserted. This is because the panel driver may have _just_
-	 * turned on the panel and then tried to do an AUX transfer. The panel
-	 * driver has no way of knowing when the panel is ready, so it's up
-	 * to us to wait. For DP we never get into this situation so let's
-	 * avoid ever doing the extra long wait for DP.
-	 */
-	if (aux->is_edp) {
-		ret = dp_catalog_aux_wait_for_hpd_connect_state(aux->catalog,
-								500000);
-		if (ret) {
-			DRM_DEBUG_DP("Panel not ready for aux transactions\n");
-			goto exit;
-		}
-	}
-
 	dp_aux_update_offset_and_segment(aux, msg);
 	dp_aux_transfer_helper(aux, msg, true);