diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
index 1b8ba2e77539..2d449fb5d1d2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
@@ -357,14 +357,13 @@ static bool intel_fb_initial_config(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 				    bool *enabled, int width, int height)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(fb_helper->dev);
-	unsigned long conn_configured, mask;
+	unsigned long conn_configured, conn_seq, mask;
 	unsigned int count = min(fb_helper->connector_count, BITS_PER_LONG);
 	int i, j;
 	bool *save_enabled;
 	bool fallback = true;
 	int num_connectors_enabled = 0;
 	int num_connectors_detected = 0;
-	int pass = 0;
 
 	save_enabled = kcalloc(count, sizeof(bool), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!save_enabled)
@@ -374,6 +373,7 @@ static bool intel_fb_initial_config(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 	mask = BIT(count) - 1;
 	conn_configured = 0;
 retry:
+	conn_seq = conn_configured;
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		struct drm_fb_helper_connector *fb_conn;
 		struct drm_connector *connector;
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ retry:
 		if (conn_configured & BIT(i))
 			continue;
 
-		if (pass == 0 && !connector->has_tile)
+		if (conn_seq == 0 && !connector->has_tile)
 			continue;
 
 		if (connector->status == connector_status_connected)
@@ -498,10 +498,8 @@ retry:
 		conn_configured |= BIT(i);
 	}
 
-	if ((conn_configured & mask) != mask) {
-		pass++;
+	if ((conn_configured & mask) != mask && conn_configured != conn_seq)
 		goto retry;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If the BIOS didn't enable everything it could, fall back to have the