diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index 120db4687a2f6eafd5b2218068298242121bc0cf..8ed034233e384cdecf66c3a13fa35e0102b1d5a1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ static int i915_error_state(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
 		   error->time.tv_usec);
 	seq_printf(m, "PCI ID: 0x%04x\n", dev->pci_device);
 	seq_printf(m, "EIR: 0x%08x\n", error->eir);
+	seq_printf(m, "IER: 0x%08x\n", error->ier);
 	seq_printf(m, "PGTBL_ER: 0x%08x\n", error->pgtbl_er);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dev_priv->num_fence_regs; i++)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 2113a1ab9625e0156a4869545109fe69aec43c17..e719522cb40b1ed63aa3ab5395e98856a5276fde 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ struct intel_display_error_state;
 struct drm_i915_error_state {
 	u32 eir;
 	u32 pgtbl_er;
+	u32 ier;
 	u32 pipestat[I915_MAX_PIPES];
 	u32 tail[I915_NUM_RINGS];
 	u32 head[I915_NUM_RINGS];
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index e378204970fdf37e5f7da61ec173d865fb56e204..f194603140c0393858dbc3f1ea41c18fa8581596 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1828,7 +1828,6 @@ i915_wait_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		  uint32_t seqno)
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = ring->dev->dev_private;
-	u32 ier;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(seqno == 0);
@@ -1863,19 +1862,6 @@ i915_wait_request(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 	}
 
 	if (!i915_seqno_passed(ring->get_seqno(ring), seqno)) {
-		if (HAS_PCH_SPLIT(ring->dev))
-			ier = I915_READ(DEIER) | I915_READ(GTIER);
-		else if (IS_VALLEYVIEW(ring->dev))
-			ier = I915_READ(GTIER) | I915_READ(VLV_IER);
-		else
-			ier = I915_READ(IER);
-		if (!ier) {
-			DRM_ERROR("something (likely vbetool) disabled "
-				  "interrupts, re-enabling\n");
-			ring->dev->driver->irq_preinstall(ring->dev);
-			ring->dev->driver->irq_postinstall(ring->dev);
-		}
-
 		trace_i915_gem_request_wait_begin(ring, seqno);
 
 		ring->waiting_seqno = seqno;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 5c360eeb371bd474a1e7ccf28262b1731d9ee49c..0acadc5e02d26b47995328628a4cdb89998aa142 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -1122,6 +1122,16 @@ static void i915_capture_error_state(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	error->eir = I915_READ(EIR);
 	error->pgtbl_er = I915_READ(PGTBL_ER);
+
+	if (HAS_PCH_SPLIT(dev))
+		error->ier = I915_READ(DEIER) | I915_READ(GTIER);
+	else if (IS_VALLEYVIEW(dev))
+		error->ier = I915_READ(GTIER) | I915_READ(VLV_IER);
+	else if (IS_GEN2(dev))
+		error->ier = I915_READ16(IER);
+	else
+		error->ier = I915_READ(IER);
+
 	for_each_pipe(pipe)
 		error->pipestat[pipe] = I915_READ(PIPESTAT(pipe));