diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1edb833c71a0..a76cd56307a4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c61205b24b79cd3708e751ed9c33970f487686ab
+refs/heads/master: c8435362f2211086b34ce871fa9c3fcc7ca79ff9
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
index 8f510fd956b0..fa860358add1 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
@@ -654,10 +654,13 @@ nouveau_connector_detect_depth(struct drm_connector *connector)
 	if (nv_connector->edid && connector->display_info.bpc)
 		return;
 
-	/* if not, we're out of options unless we're LVDS, default to 6bpc */
-	connector->display_info.bpc = 6;
-	if (nv_encoder->dcb->type != OUTPUT_LVDS)
+	/* if not, we're out of options unless we're LVDS, default to 8bpc */
+	if (nv_encoder->dcb->type != OUTPUT_LVDS) {
+		connector->display_info.bpc = 8;
 		return;
+	}
+
+	connector->display_info.bpc = 6;
 
 	/* LVDS: panel straps */
 	if (bios->fp_no_ddc) {