diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/link/link_factory.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/link/link_factory.c
index 33bb96f770b866bee388a57e97e0f0c0a8493b77..eb7c9f226af5cb445a308d83c914f7b3cb973ae7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/link/link_factory.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/link/link_factory.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static void link_destruct(struct dc_link *link)
 	if (link->panel_cntl)
 		link->panel_cntl->funcs->destroy(&link->panel_cntl);
 
-	if (link->link_enc) {
+	if (link->link_enc && !link->is_dig_mapping_flexible) {
 		/* Update link encoder resource tracking variables. These are used for
 		 * the dynamic assignment of link encoders to streams. Virtual links
 		 * are not assigned encoder resources on creation.