diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 3cabe52a4e3b168e176d1f55abdae65f67219ef7..569717a1272367a91cf682a9cae7640f9ae32777 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -12203,6 +12203,15 @@ static void update_scanline_offset(struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 	 * type. For DP ports it behaves like most other platforms, but on HDMI
 	 * there's an extra 1 line difference. So we need to add two instead of
 	 * one to the value.
+	 *
+	 * On VLV/CHV DSI the scanline counter would appear to increment
+	 * approx. 1/3 of a scanline before start of vblank. Unfortunately
+	 * that means we can't tell whether we're in vblank or not while
+	 * we're on that particular line. We must still set scanline_offset
+	 * to 1 so that the vblank timestamps come out correct when we query
+	 * the scanline counter from within the vblank interrupt handler.
+	 * However if queried just before the start of vblank we'll get an
+	 * answer that's slightly in the future.
 	 */
 	if (IS_GEN2(dev_priv)) {
 		const struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode = &crtc->config->base.adjusted_mode;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c
index 8c87c717c7cda92c4256cf277828e594f96a0ad1..e6517edcd16b55608c125452b56904f2b48e90df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c
@@ -83,10 +83,13 @@ int intel_usecs_to_scanlines(const struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode,
  */
 void intel_pipe_update_start(struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 {
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(crtc->base.dev);
 	const struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode = &crtc->config->base.adjusted_mode;
 	long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies_timeout(1);
 	int scanline, min, max, vblank_start;
 	wait_queue_head_t *wq = drm_crtc_vblank_waitqueue(&crtc->base);
+	bool need_vlv_dsi_wa = (IS_VALLEYVIEW(dev_priv) || IS_CHERRYVIEW(dev_priv)) &&
+		intel_crtc_has_type(crtc->config, INTEL_OUTPUT_DSI);
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
 	vblank_start = adjusted_mode->crtc_vblank_start;
@@ -139,6 +142,24 @@ void intel_pipe_update_start(struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 
 	drm_crtc_vblank_put(&crtc->base);
 
+	/*
+	 * On VLV/CHV DSI the scanline counter would appear to
+	 * increment approx. 1/3 of a scanline before start of vblank.
+	 * The registers still get latched at start of vblank however.
+	 * This means we must not write any registers on the first
+	 * line of vblank (since not the whole line is actually in
+	 * vblank). And unfortunately we can't use the interrupt to
+	 * wait here since it will fire too soon. We could use the
+	 * frame start interrupt instead since it will fire after the
+	 * critical scanline, but that would require more changes
+	 * in the interrupt code. So for now we'll just do the nasty
+	 * thing and poll for the bad scanline to pass us by.
+	 *
+	 * FIXME figure out if BXT+ DSI suffers from this as well
+	 */
+	while (need_vlv_dsi_wa && scanline == vblank_start)
+		scanline = intel_get_crtc_scanline(crtc);
+
 	crtc->debug.scanline_start = scanline;
 	crtc->debug.start_vbl_time = ktime_get();
 	crtc->debug.start_vbl_count = intel_crtc_get_vblank_counter(crtc);