diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index e5822e79f912d9..c89abd33124f3c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -3941,8 +3941,6 @@ static void intel_connector_check_state(struct intel_connector *connector)
  * consider. */
 void intel_connector_dpms(struct drm_connector *connector, int mode)
 {
-	struct intel_encoder *encoder = intel_attached_encoder(connector);
-
 	/* All the simple cases only support two dpms states. */
 	if (mode != DRM_MODE_DPMS_ON)
 		mode = DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF;
@@ -3953,10 +3951,8 @@ void intel_connector_dpms(struct drm_connector *connector, int mode)
 	connector->dpms = mode;
 
 	/* Only need to change hw state when actually enabled */
-	if (encoder->base.crtc)
-		intel_encoder_dpms(encoder, mode);
-	else
-		WARN_ON(encoder->connectors_active != false);
+	if (connector->encoder)
+		intel_encoder_dpms(to_intel_encoder(connector->encoder), mode);
 
 	intel_modeset_check_state(connector->dev);
 }