diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
index 6532e226db29b63da766a8571de231de4f7261f6..40ba3134545ef7e339c5bfe347501eeb7715dac0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ static int intel_dp_aux_setup_backlight(struct intel_connector *connector,
 	struct intel_dp *intel_dp = enc_to_intel_dp(&connector->encoder->base);
 	struct intel_panel *panel = &connector->panel;
 
-	intel_dp_aux_enable_backlight(connector);
-
 	if (intel_dp->edp_dpcd[2] & DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_BRIGHTNESS_BYTE_COUNT)
 		panel->backlight.max = 0xFFFF;
 	else