diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link_dp.c
index a6d0fd24fd02d..83ef72a3ebf41 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link_dp.c
@@ -1849,9 +1849,13 @@ bool perform_link_training_with_retries(
 		dp_disable_link_phy(link, signal);
 
 		/* Abort link training if failure due to sink being unplugged. */
-		if (status == LINK_TRAINING_ABORT)
-			break;
-		else if (do_fallback) {
+		if (status == LINK_TRAINING_ABORT) {
+			enum dc_connection_type type = dc_connection_none;
+
+			dc_link_detect_sink(link, &type);
+			if (type == dc_connection_none)
+				break;
+		} else if (do_fallback) {
 			decide_fallback_link_setting(*link_setting, &current_setting, status);
 			/* Fail link training if reduced link bandwidth no longer meets
 			 * stream requirements.