diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_dp.c
index 35f4182..07b9aa4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_dp.c
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ static int radeon_process_aux_ch(struct radeon_i2c_chan *chan,
 	/* flags not zero */
 	if (args.v1.ucReplyStatus == 2) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("dp_aux_ch flags not zero\n");
-		r = -EBUSY;
-		goto done;
+		/*
+		 * non-zero flags seem to be non-critical. Just ignore it ...
+		 */
 	}
 
 	/* error */