diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index f4fed93f2915a69f1d53e2f5575bf33e3e67c302..4bd7f82c582dcce915af6241dced58fcaa1fd68e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -4911,6 +4911,7 @@ amdgpu_dm_register_backlight_device(struct amdgpu_dm_connector *aconnector)
 	dm->backlight_dev[aconnector->bl_idx] =
 		backlight_device_register(bl_name, aconnector->base.kdev, dm,
 					  &amdgpu_dm_backlight_ops, &props);
+	dm->brightness[aconnector->bl_idx] = props.brightness;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(dm->backlight_dev[aconnector->bl_idx])) {
 		DRM_ERROR("DM: Backlight registration failed!\n");
@@ -4978,7 +4979,6 @@ static void setup_backlight_device(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
 	aconnector->bl_idx = bl_idx;
 
 	amdgpu_dm_update_backlight_caps(dm, bl_idx);
-	dm->brightness[bl_idx] = AMDGPU_MAX_BL_LEVEL;
 	dm->backlight_link[bl_idx] = link;
 	dm->num_of_edps++;