diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 0a8eceb7590244af233d153845a91c79e6662420..e9b57893db2b1ebba1348a71e37c845f98c3286b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(preliminary_hw_support,
 		"Enable Haswell and ValleyView Support. "
 		"(default: false)");
 
+int i915_disable_power_well __read_mostly = 0;
+module_param_named(disable_power_well, i915_disable_power_well, int, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_power_well,
+		 "Disable the power well when possible (default: false)");
+
 static struct drm_driver driver;
 extern int intel_agp_enabled;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index e95337c974594d34c936d071975f5040c78754d1..01769e2a99538e9e99cd191b328d7746439d328b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1398,6 +1398,7 @@ extern int i915_enable_fbc __read_mostly;
 extern bool i915_enable_hangcheck __read_mostly;
 extern int i915_enable_ppgtt __read_mostly;
 extern unsigned int i915_preliminary_hw_support __read_mostly;
+extern int i915_disable_power_well __read_mostly;
 
 extern int i915_suspend(struct drm_device *dev, pm_message_t state);
 extern int i915_resume(struct drm_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 287b42c9d1a8250e56d8a72d1b527cbb7dc1ad38..b20d50192fcc8f3dda5c7efbe098d1a560e95f71 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -5771,6 +5771,11 @@ static int haswell_crtc_mode_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 		num_connectors++;
 	}
 
+	if (is_cpu_edp)
+		intel_crtc->cpu_transcoder = TRANSCODER_EDP;
+	else
+		intel_crtc->cpu_transcoder = pipe;
+
 	/* We are not sure yet this won't happen. */
 	WARN(!HAS_PCH_LPT(dev), "Unexpected PCH type %d\n",
 	     INTEL_PCH_TYPE(dev));
@@ -5837,11 +5842,6 @@ static int intel_crtc_mode_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	int pipe = intel_crtc->pipe;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (IS_HASWELL(dev) && intel_pipe_has_type(crtc, INTEL_OUTPUT_EDP))
-		intel_crtc->cpu_transcoder = TRANSCODER_EDP;
-	else
-		intel_crtc->cpu_transcoder = pipe;
-
 	drm_vblank_pre_modeset(dev, pipe);
 
 	ret = dev_priv->display.crtc_mode_set(crtc, mode, adjusted_mode,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
index a3730e0289e5eefa15afb9f04a54c65c817f7886..bee8cb6108a7d44883286ef4b35bb6d7f8713a0f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -321,9 +321,6 @@ void intel_panel_enable_backlight(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (dev_priv->backlight_level == 0)
 		dev_priv->backlight_level = intel_panel_get_max_backlight(dev);
 
-	dev_priv->backlight_enabled = true;
-	intel_panel_actually_set_backlight(dev, dev_priv->backlight_level);
-
 	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 4) {
 		uint32_t reg, tmp;
 
@@ -359,12 +356,12 @@ void intel_panel_enable_backlight(struct drm_device *dev,
 	}
 
 set_level:
-	/* Check the current backlight level and try to set again if it's zero.
-	 * On some machines, BLC_PWM_CPU_CTL is cleared to zero automatically
-	 * when BLC_PWM_CPU_CTL2 and BLC_PWM_PCH_CTL1 are written.
+	/* Call below after setting BLC_PWM_CPU_CTL2 and BLC_PWM_PCH_CTL1.
+	 * BLC_PWM_CPU_CTL may be cleared to zero automatically when these
+	 * registers are set.
 	 */
-	if (!intel_panel_get_backlight(dev))
-		intel_panel_actually_set_backlight(dev, dev_priv->backlight_level);
+	dev_priv->backlight_enabled = true;
+	intel_panel_actually_set_backlight(dev, dev_priv->backlight_level);
 }
 
 static void intel_panel_init_backlight(struct drm_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
index a1794c6df1bf1b80917f60e2145c39ae741aa478..adca00783e61b304723d3d05197b53f47b6b33db 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
@@ -4079,6 +4079,9 @@ void intel_set_power_well(struct drm_device *dev, bool enable)
 	if (!IS_HASWELL(dev))
 		return;
 
+	if (!i915_disable_power_well && !enable)
+		return;
+
 	tmp = I915_READ(HSW_PWR_WELL_DRIVER);
 	is_enabled = tmp & HSW_PWR_WELL_STATE;
 	enable_requested = tmp & HSW_PWR_WELL_ENABLE;