ret = connector_status_connected;
                }
        } else {
+
+               /* if we aren't forcing don't do destructive polling */
+               if (!force)
+                       return connector->status;
+
                if (radeon_connector->dac_load_detect && encoder) {
                        encoder_funcs = encoder->helper_private;
                        ret = encoder_funcs->detect(encoder, connector);
        if ((ret == connector_status_connected) && (radeon_connector->use_digital == true))
                goto out;
 
+       if (!force) {
+               ret = connector->status;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
        /* find analog encoder */
        if (radeon_connector->dac_load_detect) {
                for (i = 0; i < DRM_CONNECTOR_MAX_ENCODER; i++) {