diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
index b1b3a6b892c6..a381c9997a25 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
@@ -3533,8 +3533,14 @@ static void valleyview_disable_rps(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 
+	/* we're doing forcewake before Disabling RC6,
+	 * This what the BIOS expects when going into suspend */
+	gen6_gt_force_wake_get(dev_priv, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
+
 	I915_WRITE(GEN6_RC_CONTROL, 0);
 
+	gen6_gt_force_wake_put(dev_priv, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
+
 	gen6_disable_rps_interrupts(dev);
 }