diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
index 469d3569d5ca..ca936ef41312 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
@@ -1178,11 +1178,37 @@ static int drm_dp_mst_wait_tx_reply(struct drm_dp_mst_branch *mstb,
 				    struct drm_dp_sideband_msg_tx *txmsg)
 {
 	struct drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr *mgr = mstb->mgr;
+	unsigned long wait_timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(4000);
+	unsigned long wait_expires = jiffies + wait_timeout;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = wait_event_timeout(mgr->tx_waitq,
-				 check_txmsg_state(mgr, txmsg),
-				 (4 * HZ));
+	for (;;) {
+		/*
+		 * If the driver provides a way for this, change to
+		 * poll-waiting for the MST reply interrupt if we didn't receive
+		 * it for 50 msec. This would cater for cases where the HPD
+		 * pulse signal got lost somewhere, even though the sink raised
+		 * the corresponding MST interrupt correctly. One example is the
+		 * Club 3D CAC-1557 TypeC -> DP adapter which for some reason
+		 * filters out short pulses with a duration less than ~540 usec.
+		 *
+		 * The poll period is 50 msec to avoid missing an interrupt
+		 * after the sink has cleared it (after a 110msec timeout
+		 * since it raised the interrupt).
+		 */
+		ret = wait_event_timeout(mgr->tx_waitq,
+					 check_txmsg_state(mgr, txmsg),
+					 mgr->cbs->poll_hpd_irq ?
+						msecs_to_jiffies(50) :
+						wait_timeout);
+
+		if (ret || !mgr->cbs->poll_hpd_irq ||
+		    time_after(jiffies, wait_expires))
+			break;
+
+		mgr->cbs->poll_hpd_irq(mgr);
+	}
+
 	mutex_lock(&mgr->qlock);
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		if (txmsg->state == DRM_DP_SIDEBAND_TX_TIMEOUT) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_mst.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_mst.c
index 35debce71366..57ef82285fee 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_mst.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_mst.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "intel_connector.h"
 #include "intel_ddi.h"
 #include "intel_display_types.h"
+#include "intel_hotplug.h"
 #include "intel_dp.h"
 #include "intel_dp_mst.h"
 #include "intel_dpio_phy.h"
@@ -747,8 +748,17 @@ err:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void
+intel_dp_mst_poll_hpd_irq(struct drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr *mgr)
+{
+	struct intel_dp *intel_dp = container_of(mgr, struct intel_dp, mst_mgr);
+
+	intel_hpd_trigger_irq(dp_to_dig_port(intel_dp));
+}
+
 static const struct drm_dp_mst_topology_cbs mst_cbs = {
 	.add_connector = intel_dp_add_mst_connector,
+	.poll_hpd_irq = intel_dp_mst_poll_hpd_irq,
 };
 
 static struct intel_dp_mst_encoder *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hotplug.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hotplug.c
index a091442efba4..21445e5afbc2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hotplug.c
@@ -348,6 +348,24 @@ static void i915_digport_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * intel_hpd_trigger_irq - trigger an hpd irq event for a port
+ * @dig_port: digital port
+ *
+ * Trigger an HPD interrupt event for the given port, emulating a short pulse
+ * generated by the sink, and schedule the dig port work to handle it.
+ */
+void intel_hpd_trigger_irq(struct intel_digital_port *dig_port)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = to_i915(dig_port->base.base.dev);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&i915->irq_lock);
+	i915->hotplug.short_port_mask |= BIT(dig_port->base.port);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&i915->irq_lock);
+
+	queue_work(i915->hotplug.dp_wq, &i915->hotplug.dig_port_work);
+}
+
 /*
  * Handle hotplug events outside the interrupt handler proper.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hotplug.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hotplug.h
index 1e6b4fda2900..febf1132a298 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hotplug.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_hotplug.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 struct drm_i915_private;
 struct intel_connector;
+struct intel_digital_port;
 struct intel_encoder;
 enum port;
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ enum intel_hotplug_state intel_encoder_hotplug(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 					       bool irq_received);
 void intel_hpd_irq_handler(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 			   u32 pin_mask, u32 long_mask);
+void intel_hpd_trigger_irq(struct intel_digital_port *dig_port);
 void intel_hpd_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 void intel_hpd_init_work(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 void intel_hpd_cancel_work(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_dp_mst_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_dp_mst_helper.h
index 9e1ffcd7cb68..b230ff6f7081 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_dp_mst_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_dp_mst_helper.h
@@ -475,6 +475,15 @@ struct drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr;
 struct drm_dp_mst_topology_cbs {
 	/* create a connector for a port */
 	struct drm_connector *(*add_connector)(struct drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr *mgr, struct drm_dp_mst_port *port, const char *path);
+	/*
+	 * Checks for any pending MST interrupts, passing them to MST core for
+	 * processing, the same way an HPD IRQ pulse handler would do this.
+	 * If provided MST core calls this callback from a poll-waiting loop
+	 * when waiting for MST down message replies. The driver is expected
+	 * to guard against a race between this callback and the driver's HPD
+	 * IRQ pulse handler.
+	 */
+	void (*poll_hpd_irq)(struct drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr *mgr);
 };
 
 #define DP_MAX_PAYLOAD (sizeof(unsigned long) * 8)