diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
index f44aa75033257896e3c9f666ff64e676210edf3b..d4ea6c265ce113ca4a179f41ff2ba061ceff62e0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
@@ -1777,10 +1777,13 @@ static void intel_sdvo_get_lvds_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
 	 * arranged in priority order.
 	 */
 	intel_ddc_get_modes(connector, &intel_sdvo->ddc);
-	if (list_empty(&connector->probed_modes) == false)
-		goto end;
 
-	/* Fetch modes from VBT */
+	/*
+	 * Fetch modes from VBT. For SDVO prefer the VBT mode since some
+	 * SDVO->LVDS transcoders can't cope with the EDID mode. Since
+	 * drm_mode_probed_add adds the mode at the head of the list we add it
+	 * last.
+	 */
 	if (dev_priv->sdvo_lvds_vbt_mode != NULL) {
 		newmode = drm_mode_duplicate(connector->dev,
 					     dev_priv->sdvo_lvds_vbt_mode);
@@ -1792,7 +1795,6 @@ static void intel_sdvo_get_lvds_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
 		}
 	}
 
-end:
 	list_for_each_entry(newmode, &connector->probed_modes, head) {
 		if (newmode->type & DRM_MODE_TYPE_PREFERRED) {
 			intel_sdvo->sdvo_lvds_fixed_mode =