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 67b547c64a3e..7505a33e00e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -1573,21 +1573,23 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_backlight_update_status(struct backlight_device *bd)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm = bl_get_data(bd);
 
-	/*
-	 * PWM interperts 0 as 100% rather than 0% because of HW
-	 * limitation for level 0.So limiting minimum brightness level
-	 * to 1.
-	 */
-	if (bd->props.brightness < 1)
-		return 1;
-
 	/* backlight_pwm_u16_16 parameter is in unsigned 32 bit, 16 bit integer
 	 * and 16 bit fractional, where 1.0 is max backlight value.
 	 * bd->props.brightness is 8 bit format and needs to be converted by
 	 * scaling via copy lower byte to upper byte of 16 bit value.
 	 */
+	uint32_t brightness = bd->props.brightness * 0x101;
+
+	/*
+	 * PWM interperts 0 as 100% rather than 0% because of HW
+	 * limitation for level 0.  So limiting minimum brightness level
+	 * to 1.
+	 */
+	if (bd->props.brightness < 1)
+		brightness = 0x101;
+
 	if (dc_link_set_backlight_level(dm->backlight_link,
-			(bd->props.brightness * 0x101), 0, 0))
+			brightness, 0, 0))
 		return 0;
 	else
 		return 1;