diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
index 6dc2dde5b67202d43ad17438c8feb84eda010f41..555fbe54d6e224e2b58a7d263353efac2d7e0104 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
@@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ enum drm_mode_status drm_connector_mode_valid(struct drm_connector *connector,
  * suspend/resume.
  *
  * Drivers can call this helper from their device resume implementation. It is
- * an error to call this when the output polling support has not yet been set
- * up.
+ * not an error to call this even when output polling isn't enabled.
  *
  * Note that calls to enable and disable polling must be strictly ordered, which
  * is automatically the case when they're only call from suspend/resume