diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
index 5ee192885c973b49e7bd67400c7267f7405e06c7..6437bb9ed81ccff678fb73b49c95737b6a31d62e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
@@ -965,6 +965,10 @@ static void output_poll_execute(struct work_struct *work)
 	mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(connector, &dev->mode_config.connector_list, head) {
 
+		/* Ignore forced connectors. */
+		if (connector->force)
+			continue;
+
 		/* Ignore HPD capable connectors and connectors where we don't
 		 * want any hotplug detection at all for polling. */
 		if (!connector->polled || connector->polled == DRM_CONNECTOR_POLL_HPD)