diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
index c388323043539d..da5c03a8cc4c77 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
@@ -1103,15 +1103,20 @@ static int hpd_event_thread(void *data)
 
 	dp_priv = (struct dp_display_private *)data;
 
-	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+	while (1) {
 		if (timeout_mode) {
 			wait_event_timeout(dp_priv->event_q,
-				(dp_priv->event_pndx == dp_priv->event_gndx),
-						EVENT_TIMEOUT);
+				(dp_priv->event_pndx == dp_priv->event_gndx) ||
+					kthread_should_stop(), EVENT_TIMEOUT);
 		} else {
 			wait_event_interruptible(dp_priv->event_q,
-				(dp_priv->event_pndx != dp_priv->event_gndx));
+				(dp_priv->event_pndx != dp_priv->event_gndx) ||
+					kthread_should_stop());
 		}
+
+		if (kthread_should_stop())
+			break;
+
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&dp_priv->event_lock, flag);
 		todo = &dp_priv->event_list[dp_priv->event_gndx];
 		if (todo->delay) {