diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index 075170d1844f..8a1a4fbc06ac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -906,8 +906,8 @@ intel_dp_compute_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 		mode_rate = intel_dp_link_required(adjusted_mode->crtc_clock,
 						   bpp);
 
-		for (lane_count = min_lane_count; lane_count <= max_lane_count; lane_count <<= 1) {
-			for (clock = min_clock; clock <= max_clock; clock++) {
+		for (clock = min_clock; clock <= max_clock; clock++) {
+			for (lane_count = min_lane_count; lane_count <= max_lane_count; lane_count <<= 1) {
 				link_clock = drm_dp_bw_code_to_link_rate(bws[clock]);
 				link_avail = intel_dp_max_data_rate(link_clock,
 								    lane_count);