diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/lontium-lt9611uxc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/lontium-lt9611uxc.c
index a59e811f1705..b708700e182d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/lontium-lt9611uxc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/lontium-lt9611uxc.c
@@ -505,7 +505,10 @@ static struct edid *lt9611uxc_bridge_get_edid(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 	ret = lt9611uxc_wait_for_edid(lt9611uxc);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(lt9611uxc->dev, "wait for EDID failed: %d\n", ret);
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		return NULL;
+	} else if (ret == 0) {
+		dev_err(lt9611uxc->dev, "wait for EDID timeout\n");
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	return drm_do_get_edid(connector, lt9611uxc_get_edid_block, lt9611uxc);