diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c
index 3f6ccce20ea0..a72c45809484 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c
@@ -225,12 +225,15 @@ nouveau_dp_detect(struct nouveau_connector *nv_connector,
 	u8 *dpcd = nv_encoder->dp.dpcd;
 	int ret = NOUVEAU_DP_NONE, hpd;
 
-	/* If we've already read the DPCD on an eDP device, we don't need to
-	 * reread it as it won't change
+	/* eDP ports don't support hotplugging - so there's no point in probing eDP ports unless we
+	 * haven't probed them once before.
 	 */
-	if (connector->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP &&
-	    dpcd[DP_DPCD_REV] != 0)
-		return NOUVEAU_DP_SST;
+	if (connector->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP) {
+		if (connector->status == connector_status_connected)
+			return NOUVEAU_DP_SST;
+		else if (connector->status == connector_status_disconnected)
+			return NOUVEAU_DP_NONE;
+	}
 
 	// Ensure that the aux bus is enabled for probing
 	drm_dp_dpcd_set_powered(&nv_connector->aux, true);