diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv04_dac.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv04_dac.c
index ea3627041ecf..509c05015d50 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv04_dac.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv04_dac.c
@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ uint32_t nv17_dac_sample_load(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	msleep(5);
 
 	sample = NVReadRAMDAC(dev, 0, NV_PRAMDAC_TEST_CONTROL + regoffset);
+	/* do it again just in case it's a residual current */
+	sample &= NVReadRAMDAC(dev, 0, NV_PRAMDAC_TEST_CONTROL + regoffset);
 
 	temp = NVReadRAMDAC(dev, head, NV_PRAMDAC_TEST_CONTROL);
 	NVWriteRAMDAC(dev, head, NV_PRAMDAC_TEST_CONTROL,