diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_connectors.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_connectors.c
index f58f8bd8f77b..adccbc2c202c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_connectors.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_connectors.c
@@ -771,14 +771,14 @@ static enum drm_connector_status radeon_dvi_detect(struct drm_connector *connect
 			} else
 				ret = connector_status_connected;
 
-			/* multiple connectors on the same encoder with the same ddc line
-			 * This tends to be HDMI and DVI on the same encoder with the
-			 * same ddc line.  If the edid says HDMI, consider the HDMI port
-			 * connected and the DVI port disconnected.  If the edid doesn't
-			 * say HDMI, vice versa.
+			/* This gets complicated.  We have boards with VGA + HDMI with a
+			 * shared DDC line and we have boards with DVI-D + HDMI with a shared
+			 * DDC line.  The latter is more complex because with DVI<->HDMI adapters
+			 * you don't really know what's connected to which port as both are digital.
 			 */
 			if (radeon_connector->shared_ddc && (ret == connector_status_connected)) {
 				struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
+				struct radeon_device *rdev = dev->dev_private;
 				struct drm_connector *list_connector;
 				struct radeon_connector *list_radeon_connector;
 				list_for_each_entry(list_connector, &dev->mode_config.connector_list, head) {
@@ -788,15 +788,10 @@ static enum drm_connector_status radeon_dvi_detect(struct drm_connector *connect
 					if (list_radeon_connector->shared_ddc &&
 					    (list_radeon_connector->ddc_bus->rec.i2c_id ==
 					     radeon_connector->ddc_bus->rec.i2c_id)) {
-						if (drm_detect_hdmi_monitor(radeon_connector->edid)) {
-							if (connector->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DVID) {
-								kfree(radeon_connector->edid);
-								radeon_connector->edid = NULL;
-								ret = connector_status_disconnected;
-							}
-						} else {
-							if ((connector->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_HDMIA) ||
-							    (connector->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_HDMIB)) {
+						/* cases where both connectors are digital */
+						if (list_connector->connector_type != DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_VGA) {
+							/* hpd is our only option in this case */
+							if (!radeon_hpd_sense(rdev, radeon_connector->hpd.hpd)) {
 								kfree(radeon_connector->edid);
 								radeon_connector->edid = NULL;
 								ret = connector_status_disconnected;