diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index 256a71c8c093..207b3ea2ed1a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -5074,16 +5074,9 @@ intel_dp_long_pulse(struct intel_connector *connector,
 		goto out;
 	} else {
 		/*
-		 * If display is now connected check links status,
-		 * there has been known issues of link loss triggering
-		 * long pulse.
-		 *
-		 * Some sinks (eg. ASUS PB287Q) seem to perform some
-		 * weird HPD ping pong during modesets. So we can apparently
-		 * end up with HPD going low during a modeset, and then
-		 * going back up soon after. And once that happens we must
-		 * retrain the link to get a picture. That's in case no
-		 * userspace component reacted to intermittent HPD dip.
+		 * Some external monitors do not signal loss of link
+		 * synchronization with an IRQ_HPD, so force a link status
+		 * check.
 		 */
 		struct intel_encoder *encoder = &dp_to_dig_port(intel_dp)->base;