diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
index fd2e0815f06a99eb9190629d56293f72d3fe2890..88018fccdb9fcff550c9326d525a0033070a1e8e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static u32 intel_panel_compute_brightness(struct intel_connector *connector,
 
 	if (i915.invert_brightness > 0 ||
 	    dev_priv->quirks & QUIRK_INVERT_BRIGHTNESS) {
-		return panel->backlight.max - val;
+		return panel->backlight.max - val + panel->backlight.min;
 	}
 
 	return val;