diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index fc3bd9b4037c61409da87c3d45a9ad89b261a3a9..0ab9813a79b5fd913a363d8b614e4d5aee3b5864 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -702,6 +702,9 @@ intel_dp_compute_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 	/* Walk through all bpp values. Luckily they're all nicely spaced with 2
 	 * bpc in between. */
 	bpp = min_t(int, 8*3, pipe_config->pipe_bpp);
+	if (is_edp(intel_dp) && dev_priv->edp.bpp)
+		bpp = min_t(int, bpp, dev_priv->edp.bpp);
+
 	for (; bpp >= 6*3; bpp -= 2*3) {
 		mode_rate = intel_dp_link_required(target_clock, bpp);
 
@@ -739,6 +742,7 @@ intel_dp_compute_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 	intel_dp->link_bw = bws[clock];
 	intel_dp->lane_count = lane_count;
 	adjusted_mode->clock = drm_dp_bw_code_to_link_rate(intel_dp->link_bw);
+	pipe_config->pipe_bpp = bpp;
 	pipe_config->pixel_target_clock = target_clock;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("DP link bw %02x lane count %d clock %d bpp %d\n",
@@ -751,20 +755,6 @@ intel_dp_compute_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 			       target_clock, adjusted_mode->clock,
 			       &pipe_config->dp_m_n);
 
-	/*
-	 * XXX: We have a strange regression where using the vbt edp bpp value
-	 * for the link bw computation results in black screens, the panel only
-	 * works when we do the computation at the usual 24bpp (but still
-	 * requires us to use 18bpp). Until that's fully debugged, stay
-	 * bug-for-bug compatible with the old code.
-	 */
-	if (is_edp(intel_dp) && dev_priv->edp.bpp) {
-		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("clamping display bpc (was %d) to eDP (%d)\n",
-			      bpp, dev_priv->edp.bpp);
-		bpp = min_t(int, bpp, dev_priv->edp.bpp);
-	}
-	pipe_config->pipe_bpp = bpp;
-
 	return true;
 }