diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index e42a28e3adc5..54bf0b39c38b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -1403,6 +1403,28 @@ static int initialize_plane(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+
+static void register_backlight_device(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
+				      struct dc_link *link)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE) ||\
+	defined(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE_MODULE)
+
+	if ((link->connector_signal & (SIGNAL_TYPE_EDP | SIGNAL_TYPE_LVDS)) &&
+	    link->type != dc_connection_none) {
+		/* Event if registration failed, we should continue with
+		 * DM initialization because not having a backlight control
+		 * is better then a black screen.
+		 */
+		amdgpu_dm_register_backlight_device(dm);
+
+		if (dm->backlight_dev)
+			dm->backlight_link = link;
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
+
 /* In this architecture, the association
  * connector -> encoder -> crtc
  * id not really requried. The crtc and connector will hold the
@@ -1456,6 +1478,7 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_initialize_drm_device(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 
 	/* loops over all connectors on the board */
 	for (i = 0; i < link_cnt; i++) {
+		struct dc_link *link = NULL;
 
 		if (i > AMDGPU_DM_MAX_DISPLAY_INDEX) {
 			DRM_ERROR(
@@ -1482,9 +1505,14 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_initialize_drm_device(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 			goto fail;
 		}
 
-		if (dc_link_detect(dc_get_link_at_index(dm->dc, i),
-				DETECT_REASON_BOOT))
+		link = dc_get_link_at_index(dm->dc, i);
+
+		if (dc_link_detect(link, DETECT_REASON_BOOT)) {
 			amdgpu_dm_update_connector_after_detect(aconnector);
+			register_backlight_device(dm, link);
+		}
+
+
 	}
 
 	/* Software is initialized. Now we can register interrupt handlers. */
@@ -2685,7 +2713,8 @@ static void amdgpu_dm_connector_destroy(struct drm_connector *connector)
 #if defined(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE) ||\
 	defined(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE_MODULE)
 
-	if (link->connector_signal & (SIGNAL_TYPE_EDP | SIGNAL_TYPE_LVDS)) {
+	if ((link->connector_signal & (SIGNAL_TYPE_EDP | SIGNAL_TYPE_LVDS)) &&
+	    link->type != dc_connection_none) {
 		amdgpu_dm_register_backlight_device(dm);
 
 		if (dm->backlight_dev) {
@@ -3561,6 +3590,7 @@ create_i2c(struct ddc_service *ddc_service,
 	return i2c;
 }
 
+
 /* Note: this function assumes that dc_link_detect() was called for the
  * dc_link which will be represented by this aconnector.
  */
@@ -3630,28 +3660,6 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_connector_init(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
 		|| connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP)
 		amdgpu_dm_initialize_dp_connector(dm, aconnector);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE) ||\
-	defined(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE_MODULE)
-
-	/* NOTE: this currently will create backlight device even if a panel
-	 * is not connected to the eDP/LVDS connector.
-	 *
-	 * This is less than ideal but we don't have sink information at this
-	 * stage since detection happens after. We can't do detection earlier
-	 * since MST detection needs connectors to be created first.
-	 */
-	if (link->connector_signal & (SIGNAL_TYPE_EDP | SIGNAL_TYPE_LVDS)) {
-		/* Event if registration failed, we should continue with
-		 * DM initialization because not having a backlight control
-		 * is better then a black screen.
-		 */
-		amdgpu_dm_register_backlight_device(dm);
-
-		if (dm->backlight_dev)
-			dm->backlight_link = link;
-	}
-#endif
-
 out_free:
 	if (res) {
 		kfree(i2c);