diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_legacy_encoders.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_legacy_encoders.c
index f5ba224..62cd512 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_legacy_encoders.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_legacy_encoders.c
@@ -640,6 +640,14 @@
 	enum drm_connector_status found = connector_status_disconnected;
 	bool color = true;
 
+	/* just don't bother on RN50 those chip are often connected to remoting
+	 * console hw and often we get failure to load detect those. So to make
+	 * everyone happy report the encoder as always connected.
+	 */
+	if (ASIC_IS_RN50(rdev)) {
+		return connector_status_connected;
+	}
+
 	/* save the regs we need */
 	vclk_ecp_cntl = RREG32_PLL(RADEON_VCLK_ECP_CNTL);
 	crtc_ext_cntl = RREG32(RADEON_CRTC_EXT_CNTL);