diff --git a/src/add-ons/accelerants/vesa/mode.cpp b/src/add-ons/accelerants/vesa/mode.cpp
index 5780015e10..064b88f8f4 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/accelerants/vesa/mode.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/accelerants/vesa/mode.cpp
@@ -76,23 +76,21 @@ create_mode_list(void)
 	const color_space kVesaSpaces[] = {B_RGB32_LITTLE, B_RGB24_LITTLE,
 		B_RGB16_LITTLE, B_RGB15_LITTLE, B_CMAP8};
 
-	// Create the initial list from the support mode list - but only if we don't
-	// have EDID info available, as that should be good enough.
 	display_mode* initialModes = NULL;
 	uint32 initialModesCount = 0;
-	if (!gInfo->shared_info->has_edid) {
-		initialModes = (display_mode*)malloc(
-			sizeof(display_mode) * gInfo->shared_info->vesa_mode_count);
-		if (initialModes != NULL) {
-			initialModesCount = gInfo->shared_info->vesa_mode_count;
-			vesa_mode* vesaModes = gInfo->vesa_modes;
 
-			for (uint32 i = gInfo->shared_info->vesa_mode_count; i-- > 0;) {
-				compute_display_timing(vesaModes[i].width, vesaModes[i].height,
-					60, false, &initialModes[i].timing);
-				fill_display_mode(vesaModes[i].width, vesaModes[i].height,
-					&initialModes[i]);
-			}
+	// Add initial VESA modes.
+	initialModes = (display_mode*)malloc(
+		sizeof(display_mode) * gInfo->shared_info->vesa_mode_count);
+	if (initialModes != NULL) {
+		initialModesCount = gInfo->shared_info->vesa_mode_count;
+		vesa_mode* vesaModes = gInfo->vesa_modes;
+
+		for (uint32 i = gInfo->shared_info->vesa_mode_count; i-- > 0;) {
+			compute_display_timing(vesaModes[i].width, vesaModes[i].height,
+				60, false, &initialModes[i].timing);
+			fill_display_mode(vesaModes[i].width, vesaModes[i].height,
+				&initialModes[i]);
 		}
 	}