diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4f936e4217fd..95cf597f955e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e235c1f3e132a243a1f81b3d95c99ee199b4d3f3
+refs/heads/master: 1ee7698fc3ec3d7949fa55e5154c8f5de8f1c3d9
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c
index dd4937224220..f954ad93e81f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c
@@ -502,12 +502,12 @@ nouveau_dp_auxch(struct nouveau_i2c_chan *auxch, int cmd, int addr,
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if ((stat & NV50_AUXCH_STAT_COUNT) != data_nr) {
-		ret = -EREMOTEIO;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	if (cmd & 1) {
+		if ((stat & NV50_AUXCH_STAT_COUNT) != data_nr) {
+			ret = -EREMOTEIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 			data32[i] = nv_rd32(dev, NV50_AUXCH_DATA_IN(index, i));
 			NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "rd %d: 0x%08x\n", i, data32[i]);