diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mc/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mc/base.c
index 37712a6df92358e2583b87a53df4a04cd25ba290..e290cfa4acee09bd8f0a1a2b54462e38abf0bcec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mc/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mc/base.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ nouveau_mc_create_(struct nouveau_object *parent, struct nouveau_object *engine,
 		pmc->use_msi = false;
 		break;
 	default:
-		pmc->use_msi = nouveau_boolopt(device->cfgopt, "NvMSI", true);
+		pmc->use_msi = nouveau_boolopt(device->cfgopt, "NvMSI", false);
 		if (pmc->use_msi) {
 			pmc->use_msi = pci_enable_msi(device->pdev) == 0;
 			if (pmc->use_msi) {