diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_link_training.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_link_training.c
index e766f7c323f7..f03e05c730a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_link_training.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_link_training.c
@@ -1831,7 +1831,8 @@ void intel_dp_start_link_train(struct intel_atomic_state *state,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	link_training->seq_train_failures++;
+	if (link_training->seq_train_failures < MAX_SEQ_TRAIN_FAILURES)
+		link_training->seq_train_failures++;
 
 	/*
 	 * Ignore the link failure in CI