diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index 424f7ea04b68637f704891a8372e1ec32ffce3a7..973d7b6a7d5c97cd5ad4a90ac7f5eb0c798215df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -1002,7 +1002,6 @@ struct intel_dp {
 struct intel_lspcon {
 	bool active;
 	enum drm_lspcon_mode mode;
-	bool desc_valid;
 };
 
 struct intel_digital_port {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lspcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lspcon.c
index c300647ef604ba614ae15d5d3b9f963f26d4899f..71cbe9c089320cbc305c827bacd41fcbf1e542ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lspcon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lspcon.c
@@ -162,21 +162,8 @@ static void lspcon_resume_in_pcon_wa(struct intel_lspcon *lspcon)
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(dig_port->base.base.dev);
 	unsigned long start = jiffies;
 
-	if (!lspcon->desc_valid)
-		return;
-
 	while (1) {
-		struct intel_dp_desc desc;
-
-		/*
-		 * The w/a only applies in PCON mode and we don't expect any
-		 * AUX errors.
-		 */
-		if (!__intel_dp_read_desc(intel_dp, &desc))
-			return;
-
-		if (intel_digital_port_connected(dev_priv, dig_port) &&
-		    !memcmp(&intel_dp->desc, &desc, sizeof(desc))) {
+		if (intel_digital_port_connected(dev_priv, dig_port)) {
 			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("LSPCON recovering in PCON mode after %u ms\n",
 				      jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - start));
 			return;
@@ -253,7 +240,7 @@ bool lspcon_init(struct intel_digital_port *intel_dig_port)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	lspcon->desc_valid = intel_dp_read_desc(dp);
+	intel_dp_read_desc(dp);
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Success: LSPCON init\n");
 	return true;