diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_i2c.c
index fc60b74ee304..e24ca6ab96de 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_i2c.c
@@ -1020,6 +1020,9 @@ void radeon_i2c_destroy(struct radeon_i2c_chan *i2c)
 /* Add the default buses */
 void radeon_i2c_init(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 {
+	if (radeon_hw_i2c)
+		DRM_INFO("hw_i2c forced on, you may experience display detection problems!\n");
+
 	if (rdev->is_atom_bios)
 		radeon_atombios_i2c_init(rdev);
 	else