diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ddi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ddi.c
index 54b60a97ef2ded1a8b24f20ff323c46446a945b8..233467f40a4a93779d4564025c27a05facfe158f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ddi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ddi.c
@@ -1184,6 +1184,10 @@ skl_ddi_calculate_wrpll(int clock /* in Hz */,
 		}
 
 		if (min_dco_index > 2 && dco_count == 2) {
+                        /* oh well, we tried... */
+                        if (retry_with_odd)
+                                break;
+
 			retry_with_odd = true;
 			dco_count = 0;
 		}