diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index fbe15f4b75fd..dbdf0e210522 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -2051,12 +2051,14 @@ static int dm_resume(void *handle)
 	drm_for_each_connector_iter(connector, &iter) {
 		aconnector = to_amdgpu_dm_connector(connector);
 
+		if (!aconnector->dc_link)
+			continue;
+
 		/*
 		 * this is the case when traversing through already created
 		 * MST connectors, should be skipped
 		 */
-		if (aconnector->dc_link &&
-		    aconnector->dc_link->type == dc_connection_mst_branch)
+		if (aconnector->dc_link->type == dc_connection_mst_branch)
 			continue;
 
 		mutex_lock(&aconnector->hpd_lock);