diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index e6ffef2f707a01..4fc8973744b427 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -4266,6 +4266,16 @@ void intel_irq_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	if (!IS_GEN2(dev_priv))
 		dev->vblank_disable_immediate = true;
 
+	/* Most platforms treat the display irq block as an always-on
+	 * power domain. vlv/chv can disable it at runtime and need
+	 * special care to avoid writing any of the display block registers
+	 * outside of the power domain. We defer setting up the display irqs
+	 * in this case to the runtime pm.
+	 */
+	dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled = true;
+	if (IS_VALLEYVIEW(dev_priv) || IS_CHERRYVIEW(dev_priv))
+		dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled = false;
+
 	dev->driver->get_vblank_timestamp = i915_get_vblank_timestamp;
 	dev->driver->get_scanout_position = i915_get_crtc_scanoutpos;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hotplug.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hotplug.c
index b62e3f8ad415f6..54208bef7a8356 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_hotplug.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static void intel_hpd_irq_storm_reenable_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if (dev_priv->display.hpd_irq_setup)
+	if (dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled && dev_priv->display.hpd_irq_setup)
 		dev_priv->display.hpd_irq_setup(dev_priv);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
 
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ void intel_hpd_irq_handler(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (storm_detected)
+	if (storm_detected && dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled)
 		dev_priv->display.hpd_irq_setup(dev_priv);
 	spin_unlock(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
 
@@ -471,10 +471,12 @@ void intel_hpd_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	 * Interrupt setup is already guaranteed to be single-threaded, this is
 	 * just to make the assert_spin_locked checks happy.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_irq(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
-	if (dev_priv->display.hpd_irq_setup)
-		dev_priv->display.hpd_irq_setup(dev_priv);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
+	if (dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled && dev_priv->display.hpd_irq_setup) {
+		spin_lock_irq(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
+		if (dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled)
+			dev_priv->display.hpd_irq_setup(dev_priv);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
+	}
 }
 
 static void i915_hpd_poll_init_work(struct work_struct *work)