diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index e4d2b9f15ae2..65876c0e0499 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1672,6 +1672,7 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 		goto out_mtrrfree;
 	}
 
+	dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled = true;
 	intel_irq_init(dev);
 	intel_uncore_sanitize(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 9387c56647ba..8702893a64f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1469,6 +1469,8 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 	/* protects the irq masks */
 	spinlock_t irq_lock;
 
+	bool display_irqs_enabled;
+
 	/* To control wakeup latency, e.g. for irq-driven dp aux transfers. */
 	struct pm_qos_request pm_qos;
 
@@ -2063,6 +2065,9 @@ void
 i915_disable_pipestat(drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv, enum pipe pipe,
 		      u32 status_mask);
 
+void valleyview_enable_display_irqs(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
+void valleyview_disable_display_irqs(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
+
 /* i915_gem.c */
 int i915_gem_init_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			struct drm_file *file_priv);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 4a19306b2d73..d6f827ab8f01 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -3025,36 +3025,113 @@ static int ironlake_irq_postinstall(struct drm_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void valleyview_display_irqs_install(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+{
+	u32 pipestat_mask;
+	u32 iir_mask;
+
+	pipestat_mask = PIPESTAT_INT_STATUS_MASK |
+			PIPE_FIFO_UNDERRUN_STATUS;
+
+	I915_WRITE(PIPESTAT(PIPE_A), pipestat_mask);
+	I915_WRITE(PIPESTAT(PIPE_B), pipestat_mask);
+	POSTING_READ(PIPESTAT(PIPE_A));
+
+	pipestat_mask = PLANE_FLIP_DONE_INT_STATUS_VLV |
+			PIPE_CRC_DONE_INTERRUPT_STATUS;
+
+	i915_enable_pipestat(dev_priv, PIPE_A, pipestat_mask |
+					       PIPE_GMBUS_INTERRUPT_STATUS);
+	i915_enable_pipestat(dev_priv, PIPE_B, pipestat_mask);
+
+	iir_mask = I915_DISPLAY_PORT_INTERRUPT |
+		   I915_DISPLAY_PIPE_A_EVENT_INTERRUPT |
+		   I915_DISPLAY_PIPE_B_EVENT_INTERRUPT;
+	dev_priv->irq_mask &= ~iir_mask;
+
+	I915_WRITE(VLV_IIR, iir_mask);
+	I915_WRITE(VLV_IIR, iir_mask);
+	I915_WRITE(VLV_IMR, dev_priv->irq_mask);
+	I915_WRITE(VLV_IER, ~dev_priv->irq_mask);
+	POSTING_READ(VLV_IER);
+}
+
+static void valleyview_display_irqs_uninstall(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+{
+	u32 pipestat_mask;
+	u32 iir_mask;
+
+	iir_mask = I915_DISPLAY_PORT_INTERRUPT |
+		   I915_DISPLAY_PIPE_A_EVENT_INTERRUPT |
+		   I915_DISPLAY_PIPE_A_EVENT_INTERRUPT;
+
+	dev_priv->irq_mask |= iir_mask;
+	I915_WRITE(VLV_IER, ~dev_priv->irq_mask);
+	I915_WRITE(VLV_IMR, dev_priv->irq_mask);
+	I915_WRITE(VLV_IIR, iir_mask);
+	I915_WRITE(VLV_IIR, iir_mask);
+	POSTING_READ(VLV_IIR);
+
+	pipestat_mask = PLANE_FLIP_DONE_INT_STATUS_VLV |
+			PIPE_CRC_DONE_INTERRUPT_STATUS;
+
+	i915_disable_pipestat(dev_priv, PIPE_A, pipestat_mask |
+					        PIPE_GMBUS_INTERRUPT_STATUS);
+	i915_disable_pipestat(dev_priv, PIPE_B, pipestat_mask);
+
+	pipestat_mask = PIPESTAT_INT_STATUS_MASK |
+			PIPE_FIFO_UNDERRUN_STATUS;
+	I915_WRITE(PIPESTAT(PIPE_A), pipestat_mask);
+	I915_WRITE(PIPESTAT(PIPE_B), pipestat_mask);
+	POSTING_READ(PIPESTAT(PIPE_A));
+}
+
+void valleyview_enable_display_irqs(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+{
+	assert_spin_locked(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
+
+	if (dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled)
+		return;
+
+	dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled = true;
+
+	if (dev_priv->dev->irq_enabled)
+		valleyview_display_irqs_install(dev_priv);
+}
+
+void valleyview_disable_display_irqs(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+{
+	assert_spin_locked(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
+
+	if (!dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled)
+		return;
+
+	dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled = false;
+
+	if (dev_priv->dev->irq_enabled)
+		valleyview_display_irqs_uninstall(dev_priv);
+}
+
 static int valleyview_irq_postinstall(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = (drm_i915_private_t *) dev->dev_private;
-	u32 enable_mask;
-	u32 pipestat_enable = PLANE_FLIP_DONE_INT_STATUS_VLV |
-		PIPE_CRC_DONE_INTERRUPT_STATUS;
 	unsigned long irqflags;
 
-	enable_mask = I915_DISPLAY_PORT_INTERRUPT;
-	enable_mask |= I915_DISPLAY_PIPE_A_EVENT_INTERRUPT |
-		I915_DISPLAY_PIPE_B_EVENT_INTERRUPT;
-
-	dev_priv->irq_mask = ~enable_mask;
+	dev_priv->irq_mask = ~0;
 
 	I915_WRITE(PORT_HOTPLUG_EN, 0);
 	POSTING_READ(PORT_HOTPLUG_EN);
 
 	I915_WRITE(VLV_IMR, dev_priv->irq_mask);
-	I915_WRITE(VLV_IER, enable_mask);
+	I915_WRITE(VLV_IER, ~dev_priv->irq_mask);
 	I915_WRITE(VLV_IIR, 0xffffffff);
-	I915_WRITE(PIPESTAT(0), 0xffff);
-	I915_WRITE(PIPESTAT(1), 0xffff);
 	POSTING_READ(VLV_IER);
 
 	/* Interrupt setup is already guaranteed to be single-threaded, this is
 	 * just to make the assert_spin_locked check happy. */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->irq_lock, irqflags);
-	i915_enable_pipestat(dev_priv, PIPE_A, pipestat_enable);
-	i915_enable_pipestat(dev_priv, PIPE_A, PIPE_GMBUS_INTERRUPT_STATUS);
-	i915_enable_pipestat(dev_priv, PIPE_B, pipestat_enable);
+	if (dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled)
+		valleyview_display_irqs_install(dev_priv);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->irq_lock, irqflags);
 
 	I915_WRITE(VLV_IIR, 0xffffffff);
@@ -3185,6 +3262,7 @@ static void gen8_irq_uninstall(struct drm_device *dev)
 static void valleyview_irq_uninstall(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = (drm_i915_private_t *) dev->dev_private;
+	unsigned long irqflags;
 	int pipe;
 
 	if (!dev_priv)
@@ -3198,8 +3276,14 @@ static void valleyview_irq_uninstall(struct drm_device *dev)
 	I915_WRITE(HWSTAM, 0xffffffff);
 	I915_WRITE(PORT_HOTPLUG_EN, 0);
 	I915_WRITE(PORT_HOTPLUG_STAT, I915_READ(PORT_HOTPLUG_STAT));
-	for_each_pipe(pipe)
-		I915_WRITE(PIPESTAT(pipe), 0xffff);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->irq_lock, irqflags);
+	if (dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled)
+		valleyview_display_irqs_uninstall(dev_priv);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->irq_lock, irqflags);
+
+	dev_priv->irq_mask = 0;
+
 	I915_WRITE(VLV_IIR, 0xffffffff);
 	I915_WRITE(VLV_IMR, 0xffffffff);
 	I915_WRITE(VLV_IER, 0x0);