diff --git a/msm/dp/dp_link.c b/msm/dp/dp_link.c
index 20a09cf9bf..6ff3afef2d 100644
--- a/msm/dp/dp_link.c
+++ b/msm/dp/dp_link.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include "dp_link.h"
@@ -1113,19 +1113,15 @@ static u8 get_link_status(const u8 link_status[DP_LINK_STATUS_SIZE], int r)
  */
 static int dp_link_process_link_status_update(struct dp_link_private *link)
 {
-	if (!(get_link_status(link->link_status, DP_LANE_ALIGN_STATUS_UPDATED) &
-		DP_LINK_STATUS_UPDATED) || /* link status updated */
-		(drm_dp_clock_recovery_ok(link->link_status,
-			link->dp_link.link_params.lane_count) &&
-	     drm_dp_channel_eq_ok(link->link_status,
-			link->dp_link.link_params.lane_count)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
+	bool channel_eq_done = drm_dp_channel_eq_ok(link->link_status,
+			link->dp_link.link_params.lane_count);
+	bool clock_recovery_done = drm_dp_clock_recovery_ok(link->link_status,
+			link->dp_link.link_params.lane_count);
 	DP_DEBUG("channel_eq_done = %d, clock_recovery_done = %d\n",
-			drm_dp_channel_eq_ok(link->link_status,
-			link->dp_link.link_params.lane_count),
-			drm_dp_clock_recovery_ok(link->link_status,
-			link->dp_link.link_params.lane_count));
+			channel_eq_done, clock_recovery_done);
+
+	if (channel_eq_done && clock_recovery_done)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;
 }