diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c
index c89d0c7543dc..18bc0f2690c9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c
@@ -4075,6 +4075,7 @@ intel_ddi_hotplug(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 		  struct intel_connector *connector,
 		  bool irq_received)
 {
+	struct intel_digital_port *dig_port = enc_to_dig_port(&encoder->base);
 	struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx ctx;
 	enum intel_hotplug_state state;
 	int ret;
@@ -4101,6 +4102,26 @@ intel_ddi_hotplug(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 	drm_modeset_acquire_fini(&ctx);
 	WARN(ret, "Acquiring modeset locks failed with %i\n", ret);
 
+	/*
+	 * Unpowered type-c dongles can take some time to boot and be
+	 * responsible, so here giving some time to those dongles to power up
+	 * and then retrying the probe.
+	 *
+	 * On many platforms the HDMI live state signal is known to be
+	 * unreliable, so we can't use it to detect if a sink is connected or
+	 * not. Instead we detect if it's connected based on whether we can
+	 * read the EDID or not. That in turn has a problem during disconnect,
+	 * since the HPD interrupt may be raised before the DDC lines get
+	 * disconnected (due to how the required length of DDC vs. HPD
+	 * connector pins are specified) and so we'll still be able to get a
+	 * valid EDID. To solve this schedule another detection cycle if this
+	 * time around we didn't detect any change in the sink's connection
+	 * status.
+	 */
+	if (state == INTEL_HOTPLUG_UNCHANGED && irq_received &&
+	    !dig_port->dp.is_mst)
+		state = INTEL_HOTPLUG_RETRY;
+
 	return state;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
index 14c191d9c147..0eb5d66f87a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
@@ -4891,6 +4891,13 @@ intel_dp_hotplug(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 	drm_modeset_acquire_fini(&ctx);
 	WARN(ret, "Acquiring modeset locks failed with %i\n", ret);
 
+	/*
+	 * Keeping it consistent with intel_ddi_hotplug() and
+	 * intel_hdmi_hotplug().
+	 */
+	if (state == INTEL_HOTPLUG_UNCHANGED && irq_received)
+		state = INTEL_HOTPLUG_RETRY;
+
 	return state;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hdmi.c
index 098ea2c5d831..9bf28de10401 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hdmi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hdmi.c
@@ -3126,6 +3126,32 @@ void intel_hdmi_init_connector(struct intel_digital_port *intel_dig_port,
 		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("CEC notifier get failed\n");
 }
 
+static enum intel_hotplug_state
+intel_hdmi_hotplug(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
+		   struct intel_connector *connector, bool irq_received)
+{
+	enum intel_hotplug_state state;
+
+	state = intel_encoder_hotplug(encoder, connector, irq_received);
+
+	/*
+	 * On many platforms the HDMI live state signal is known to be
+	 * unreliable, so we can't use it to detect if a sink is connected or
+	 * not. Instead we detect if it's connected based on whether we can
+	 * read the EDID or not. That in turn has a problem during disconnect,
+	 * since the HPD interrupt may be raised before the DDC lines get
+	 * disconnected (due to how the required length of DDC vs. HPD
+	 * connector pins are specified) and so we'll still be able to get a
+	 * valid EDID. To solve this schedule another detection cycle if this
+	 * time around we didn't detect any change in the sink's connection
+	 * status.
+	 */
+	if (state == INTEL_HOTPLUG_UNCHANGED && irq_received)
+		state = INTEL_HOTPLUG_RETRY;
+
+	return state;
+}
+
 void intel_hdmi_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 		     i915_reg_t hdmi_reg, enum port port)
 {
@@ -3149,7 +3175,7 @@ void intel_hdmi_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 			 &intel_hdmi_enc_funcs, DRM_MODE_ENCODER_TMDS,
 			 "HDMI %c", port_name(port));
 
-	intel_encoder->hotplug = intel_encoder_hotplug;
+	intel_encoder->hotplug = intel_hdmi_hotplug;
 	intel_encoder->compute_config = intel_hdmi_compute_config;
 	if (HAS_PCH_SPLIT(dev_priv)) {
 		intel_encoder->disable = pch_disable_hdmi;