diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index add871911a6389c75a56df83ef44ca22b6d4c981..2f4766385797787f57b909acff84b66941893f7f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ intel_dp_aux_ch(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 	int recv_bytes;
 	uint32_t status;
 	uint32_t aux_clock_divider;
-	int try, precharge;
+	int try, precharge = 5;
 
 	intel_dp_check_edp(intel_dp);
 	/* The clock divider is based off the hrawclk,
@@ -382,11 +382,6 @@ intel_dp_aux_ch(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 	else
 		aux_clock_divider = intel_hrawclk(dev) / 2;
 
-	if (IS_GEN6(dev))
-		precharge = 3;
-	else
-		precharge = 5;
-
 	/* Try to wait for any previous AUX channel activity */
 	for (try = 0; try < 3; try++) {
 		status = I915_READ(ch_ctl);