diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index f35d88fb5724..afcabe455ad1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -1343,18 +1343,21 @@ void assert_pipe(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 	bool cur_state;
 	enum transcoder cpu_transcoder = intel_pipe_to_cpu_transcoder(dev_priv,
 								      pipe);
+	enum intel_display_power_domain power_domain;
 
 	/* if we need the pipe quirk it must be always on */
 	if ((pipe == PIPE_A && dev_priv->quirks & QUIRK_PIPEA_FORCE) ||
 	    (pipe == PIPE_B && dev_priv->quirks & QUIRK_PIPEB_FORCE))
 		state = true;
 
-	if (!intel_display_power_is_enabled(dev_priv,
-				POWER_DOMAIN_TRANSCODER(cpu_transcoder))) {
-		cur_state = false;
-	} else {
+	power_domain = POWER_DOMAIN_TRANSCODER(cpu_transcoder);
+	if (intel_display_power_get_if_enabled(dev_priv, power_domain)) {
 		u32 val = I915_READ(PIPECONF(cpu_transcoder));
 		cur_state = !!(val & PIPECONF_ENABLE);
+
+		intel_display_power_put(dev_priv, power_domain);
+	} else {
+		cur_state = false;
 	}
 
 	I915_STATE_WARN(cur_state != state,