diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
index 4c47b449b775..d4ea6c265ce1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
@@ -1777,10 +1777,13 @@ static void intel_sdvo_get_lvds_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
 	 * arranged in priority order.
 	 */
 	intel_ddc_get_modes(connector, &intel_sdvo->ddc);
-	if (list_empty(&connector->probed_modes) == false)
-		goto end;
 
-	/* Fetch modes from VBT */
+	/*
+	 * Fetch modes from VBT. For SDVO prefer the VBT mode since some
+	 * SDVO->LVDS transcoders can't cope with the EDID mode. Since
+	 * drm_mode_probed_add adds the mode at the head of the list we add it
+	 * last.
+	 */
 	if (dev_priv->sdvo_lvds_vbt_mode != NULL) {
 		newmode = drm_mode_duplicate(connector->dev,
 					     dev_priv->sdvo_lvds_vbt_mode);
@@ -1792,7 +1795,6 @@ static void intel_sdvo_get_lvds_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
 		}
 	}
 
-end:
 	list_for_each_entry(newmode, &connector->probed_modes, head) {
 		if (newmode->type & DRM_MODE_TYPE_PREFERRED) {
 			intel_sdvo->sdvo_lvds_fixed_mode =
@@ -2790,12 +2792,6 @@ bool intel_sdvo_init(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t sdvo_reg, bool is_sdvob)
 			SDVOB_HOTPLUG_INT_STATUS_I915 : SDVOC_HOTPLUG_INT_STATUS_I915;
 	}
 
-	/* Only enable the hotplug irq if we need it, to work around noisy
-	 * hotplug lines.
-	 */
-	if (intel_sdvo->hotplug_active)
-		intel_encoder->hpd_pin = HPD_SDVO_B ? HPD_SDVO_B : HPD_SDVO_C;
-
 	intel_encoder->compute_config = intel_sdvo_compute_config;
 	intel_encoder->disable = intel_disable_sdvo;
 	intel_encoder->mode_set = intel_sdvo_mode_set;
@@ -2814,6 +2810,14 @@ bool intel_sdvo_init(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t sdvo_reg, bool is_sdvob)
 		goto err_output;
 	}
 
+	/* Only enable the hotplug irq if we need it, to work around noisy
+	 * hotplug lines.
+	 */
+	if (intel_sdvo->hotplug_active) {
+		intel_encoder->hpd_pin =
+			intel_sdvo->is_sdvob ?  HPD_SDVO_B : HPD_SDVO_C;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Cloning SDVO with anything is often impossible, since the SDVO
 	 * encoder can request a special input timing mode. And even if that's