diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index 6099b07ac6fdfe9d24aeb936ef85c4f55ce423cc..79c932724eea19cb02f053440c3fb2d43761ec51 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -2739,12 +2739,14 @@ static int dm_resume(void *handle)
 	drm_for_each_connector_iter(connector, &iter) {
 		aconnector = to_amdgpu_dm_connector(connector);
 
+		if (!aconnector->dc_link)
+			continue;
+
 		/*
 		 * this is the case when traversing through already created
 		 * MST connectors, should be skipped
 		 */
-		if (aconnector->dc_link &&
-		    aconnector->dc_link->type == dc_connection_mst_branch)
+		if (aconnector->dc_link->type == dc_connection_mst_branch)
 			continue;
 
 		mutex_lock(&aconnector->hpd_lock);