diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index d91d6c063a1d..70d97a7fc686 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ crtc_set_mode(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 		mode = &new_crtc_state->mode;
 		adjusted_mode = &new_crtc_state->adjusted_mode;
 
-		if (!new_crtc_state->mode_changed)
+		if (!new_crtc_state->mode_changed && !new_crtc_state->connectors_changed)
 			continue;
 
 		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("modeset on [ENCODER:%d:%s]\n",