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_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;