diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index 41b0e27a157c81a3b37975d60188cee473439c6b..9093118235950d6bca65decb4b49f2eb646d710c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -1152,14 +1152,14 @@ intel_dp_aux_ch(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 				   DP_AUX_CH_CTL_TIME_OUT_ERROR |
 				   DP_AUX_CH_CTL_RECEIVE_ERROR);
 
-			if (status & DP_AUX_CH_CTL_TIME_OUT_ERROR)
-				continue;
-
 			/* DP CTS 1.2 Core Rev 1.1, 4.2.1.1 & 4.2.1.2
 			 *   400us delay required for errors and timeouts
 			 *   Timeout errors from the HW already meet this
 			 *   requirement so skip to next iteration
 			 */
+			if (status & DP_AUX_CH_CTL_TIME_OUT_ERROR)
+				continue;
+
 			if (status & DP_AUX_CH_CTL_RECEIVE_ERROR) {
 				usleep_range(400, 500);
 				continue;