diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 609358faaa9061749ccf9cb2c2022568600eef17..b54f7d9b173a0a514c1518f80c775feeeaa303a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ module_param_named(vbt_sdvo_panel_type, i915_vbt_sdvo_panel_type, int, 0600);
 static bool i915_try_reset = true;
 module_param_named(reset, i915_try_reset, bool, 0600);
 
+bool i915_enable_hangcheck = true;
+module_param_named(enable_hangcheck, i915_enable_hangcheck, bool, 0644);
+
 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 01affb63be297d210f76261380b8694c5d6b82ce..e0f9ca3e5ff8fa0eebb36ab5bd4111d92dd84389 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -994,6 +994,7 @@ extern unsigned int i915_panel_use_ssc;
 extern int i915_vbt_sdvo_panel_type;
 extern unsigned int i915_enable_rc6;
 extern unsigned int i915_enable_fbc;
+extern bool i915_enable_hangcheck;
 
 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/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 71cc8a353a789e89f378ec899c3ad6be39fb08be..8b670e7ee4046b6668b755bffab62a1f42cbcf04 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1779,8 +1779,11 @@ i915_add_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	ring->outstanding_lazy_request = false;
 
 	if (!dev_priv->mm.suspended) {
-		mod_timer(&dev_priv->hangcheck_timer,
-			  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(DRM_I915_HANGCHECK_PERIOD));
+		if (i915_enable_hangcheck) {
+			mod_timer(&dev_priv->hangcheck_timer,
+				  jiffies +
+				  msecs_to_jiffies(DRM_I915_HANGCHECK_PERIOD));
+		}
 		if (was_empty)
 			queue_delayed_work(dev_priv->wq,
 					   &dev_priv->mm.retire_work, HZ);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index ae2b49969b995c0b1c7f7f76f65d2426ea003522..0b0de5239ad5fbe5d7355a577e54effafbb94f65 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -361,10 +361,12 @@ static void notify_ring(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	ring->irq_seqno = seqno;
 	wake_up_all(&ring->irq_queue);
-
-	dev_priv->hangcheck_count = 0;
-	mod_timer(&dev_priv->hangcheck_timer,
-		  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(DRM_I915_HANGCHECK_PERIOD));
+	if (i915_enable_hangcheck) {
+		dev_priv->hangcheck_count = 0;
+		mod_timer(&dev_priv->hangcheck_timer,
+			  jiffies +
+			  msecs_to_jiffies(DRM_I915_HANGCHECK_PERIOD));
+	}
 }
 
 static void gen6_pm_rps_work(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -1664,6 +1666,9 @@ void i915_hangcheck_elapsed(unsigned long data)
 	uint32_t acthd, instdone, instdone1;
 	bool err = false;
 
+	if (!i915_enable_hangcheck)
+		return;
+
 	/* If all work is done then ACTHD clearly hasn't advanced. */
 	if (i915_hangcheck_ring_idle(&dev_priv->ring[RCS], &err) &&
 	    i915_hangcheck_ring_idle(&dev_priv->ring[VCS], &err) &&