diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index 19a0d8984079..5ed8fb3435ee 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -2084,10 +2084,16 @@ intel_dp_link_down(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
 static bool
 intel_dp_get_dpcd(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
 {
+	char dpcd_hex_dump[sizeof(intel_dp->dpcd) * 3];
+
 	if (intel_dp_aux_native_read_retry(intel_dp, 0x000, intel_dp->dpcd,
 					   sizeof(intel_dp->dpcd)) == 0)
 		return false; /* aux transfer failed */
 
+	hex_dump_to_buffer(intel_dp->dpcd, sizeof(intel_dp->dpcd),
+			   32, 1, dpcd_hex_dump, sizeof(dpcd_hex_dump), false);
+	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("DPCD: %s\n", dpcd_hex_dump);
+
 	if (intel_dp->dpcd[DP_DPCD_REV] == 0)
 		return false; /* DPCD not present */
 
@@ -2353,7 +2359,6 @@ intel_dp_detect(struct drm_connector *connector, bool force)
 	struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
 	enum drm_connector_status status;
 	struct edid *edid = NULL;
-	char dpcd_hex_dump[sizeof(intel_dp->dpcd) * 3];
 
 	intel_dp->has_audio = false;
 
@@ -2362,10 +2367,6 @@ intel_dp_detect(struct drm_connector *connector, bool force)
 	else
 		status = g4x_dp_detect(intel_dp);
 
-	hex_dump_to_buffer(intel_dp->dpcd, sizeof(intel_dp->dpcd),
-			   32, 1, dpcd_hex_dump, sizeof(dpcd_hex_dump), false);
-	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("DPCD: %s\n", dpcd_hex_dump);
-
 	if (status != connector_status_connected)
 		return status;