diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hotplug.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hotplug.c
index a294a3cbaea1454dc3aab271d3ec45a350ef0520..bee673005d48a6f3cb2e97856adfde114ae519a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hotplug.c
@@ -468,9 +468,14 @@ void intel_hpd_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	list_for_each_entry(connector, &mode_config->connector_list, head) {
 		struct intel_connector *intel_connector = to_intel_connector(connector);
 		connector->polled = intel_connector->polled;
-		if (connector->encoder && !connector->polled && I915_HAS_HOTPLUG(dev) && intel_connector->encoder->hpd_pin > HPD_NONE)
-			connector->polled = DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_HPD;
+
+		/* MST has a dynamic intel_connector->encoder and it's reprobing
+		 * is all handled by the MST helpers. */
 		if (intel_connector->mst_port)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!connector->polled && I915_HAS_HOTPLUG(dev) &&
+		    intel_connector->encoder->hpd_pin > HPD_NONE)
 			connector->polled = DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_HPD;
 	}