diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
index b6efa8c..bea5df7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
@@ -6199,7 +6199,14 @@
 	}
 	case OUTPUT_DP:
 		entry->dpconf.sor.link = (conf & 0x00000030) >> 4;
-		entry->dpconf.link_bw = (conf & 0x00e00000) >> 21;
+		switch ((conf & 0x00e00000) >> 21) {
+		case 0:
+			entry->dpconf.link_bw = 162000;
+			break;
+		default:
+			entry->dpconf.link_bw = 270000;
+			break;
+		}
 		switch ((conf & 0x0f000000) >> 24) {
 		case 0xf:
 			entry->dpconf.link_nr = 4;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
index 5308024..e0d275e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
@@ -708,11 +708,8 @@
 	case OUTPUT_TV:
 		return get_slave_funcs(encoder)->mode_valid(encoder, mode);
 	case OUTPUT_DP:
-		if (nv_encoder->dp.link_bw == DP_LINK_BW_2_7)
-			max_clock = nv_encoder->dp.link_nr * 270000;
-		else
-			max_clock = nv_encoder->dp.link_nr * 162000;
-
+		max_clock  = nv_encoder->dp.link_nr;
+		max_clock *= nv_encoder->dp.link_bw;
 		clock = clock * nouveau_connector_bpp(connector) / 8;
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c
index 726d0ac..47bd3ada 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
 	nouveau_bios_run_init_table(dev, ROM16(bios[6]), dp.dcb, dp.crtc);
 
 	/* start off at highest link rate supported by encoder and display */
-	if (nv_encoder->dp.link_bw == DP_LINK_BW_1_62)
+	while (*link_bw > nv_encoder->dp.link_bw)
 		link_bw++;
 
 	while (link_bw[0]) {
@@ -566,24 +566,24 @@
 	if (ret)
 		return false;
 
-	NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "encoder: link_bw %d, link_nr %d\n"
-		      "display: link_bw %d, link_nr %d version 0x%02x\n",
-		 nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_bw,
-		 nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_nr,
-		 dpcd[1], dpcd[2] & 0x0f, dpcd[0]);
-
 	nv_encoder->dp.dpcd_version = dpcd[0];
-
-	nv_encoder->dp.link_bw = dpcd[1];
-	if (nv_encoder->dp.link_bw != DP_LINK_BW_1_62 &&
-	    !nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_bw)
-		nv_encoder->dp.link_bw = DP_LINK_BW_1_62;
-
+	nv_encoder->dp.link_bw = 27000 * dpcd[1];
 	nv_encoder->dp.link_nr = dpcd[2] & DP_MAX_LANE_COUNT_MASK;
-	if (nv_encoder->dp.link_nr > nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_nr)
-		nv_encoder->dp.link_nr = nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_nr;
+	nv_encoder->dp.enhanced_frame = dpcd[2] & DP_ENHANCED_FRAME_CAP;
 
-	nv_encoder->dp.enhanced_frame = (dpcd[2] & DP_ENHANCED_FRAME_CAP);
+	NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "display: %dx%d dpcd 0x%02x\n",
+		     nv_encoder->dp.link_nr, nv_encoder->dp.link_bw, dpcd[0]);
+	NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "encoder: %dx%d\n",
+		     nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_nr,
+		     nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_bw);
+
+	if (nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_nr < nv_encoder->dp.link_nr)
+		nv_encoder->dp.link_nr = nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_nr;
+	if (nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_bw < nv_encoder->dp.link_bw)
+		nv_encoder->dp.link_bw = nv_encoder->dcb->dpconf.link_bw;
+
+	NV_DEBUG_KMS(dev, "maximum: %dx%d\n",
+		     nv_encoder->dp.link_nr, nv_encoder->dp.link_bw);
 
 	return true;
 }