diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_link_training.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_link_training.c
index 154caecacecb..e766f7c323f7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_link_training.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_link_training.c
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ intel_dp_needs_link_retrain(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
 					intel_dp->lane_count))
 		return false;
 
-	if (link_training->retrain_disabled)
+	if (link_training->seq_train_failures >= MAX_SEQ_TRAIN_FAILURES)
 		return false;
 
 	if (link_training->seq_train_failures)