diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
index 764401951041910692901ea9c1489962de3277b8..9b2a54117c91c0a306c41c7eb437b641bbd58b31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
@@ -860,19 +860,24 @@ static void output_poll_execute(struct slow_work *work)
 	}
 }
 
-void drm_kms_helper_poll_init(struct drm_device *dev)
+void drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	if (!dev->mode_config.poll_enabled)
+		return;
+	delayed_slow_work_cancel(&dev->mode_config.output_poll_slow_work);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_kms_helper_poll_disable);
+
+void drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
-	struct drm_connector *connector;
 	bool poll = false;
+	struct drm_connector *connector;
 	int ret;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(connector, &dev->mode_config.connector_list, head) {
 		if (connector->polled)
 			poll = true;
 	}
-	slow_work_register_user(THIS_MODULE);
-	delayed_slow_work_init(&dev->mode_config.output_poll_slow_work,
-			       &output_poll_ops);
 
 	if (poll) {
 		ret = delayed_slow_work_enqueue(&dev->mode_config.output_poll_slow_work, DRM_OUTPUT_POLL_PERIOD);
@@ -880,11 +885,22 @@ void drm_kms_helper_poll_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 			DRM_ERROR("delayed enqueue failed %d\n", ret);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_kms_helper_poll_enable);
+
+void drm_kms_helper_poll_init(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	slow_work_register_user(THIS_MODULE);
+	delayed_slow_work_init(&dev->mode_config.output_poll_slow_work,
+			       &output_poll_ops);
+	dev->mode_config.poll_enabled = true;
+
+	drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(dev);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_kms_helper_poll_init);
 
 void drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
-	delayed_slow_work_cancel(&dev->mode_config.output_poll_slow_work);
+	drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(dev);
 	slow_work_unregister_user(THIS_MODULE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_kms_helper_poll_fini);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 2a6b5de5ae5d07330232b8aff6b0b989300147a2..cc6e56a18edd9e8bc9ac9f11e41e9209951f0a62 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1399,12 +1399,14 @@ static void i915_switcheroo_set_state(struct pci_dev *pdev, enum vga_switcheroo_
 	struct drm_device *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	pm_message_t pmm = { .event = PM_EVENT_SUSPEND };
 	if (state == VGA_SWITCHEROO_ON) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "i915: switched off\n");
+		printk(KERN_INFO "i915: switched on\n");
 		/* i915 resume handler doesn't set to D0 */
 		pci_set_power_state(dev->pdev, PCI_D0);
 		i915_resume(dev);
+		drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(dev);
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "i915: switched off\n");
+		drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(dev);
 		i915_suspend(dev, pmm);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c
index e13f6af0037ac4dc805a821d785bf5ef541d9c07..d4bcca8a5133b2a4565b8f7d794b4d558da5557e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 static struct nouveau_dsm_priv {
 	bool dsm_detected;
 	acpi_handle dhandle;
-	acpi_handle dsm_handle;
+	acpi_handle rom_handle;
 } nouveau_dsm_priv;
 
 static const char nouveau_dsm_muid[] = {
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ static int nouveau_dsm_set_discrete_state(acpi_handle handle, enum vga_switchero
 static int nouveau_dsm_switchto(enum vga_switcheroo_client_id id)
 {
 	if (id == VGA_SWITCHEROO_IGD)
-		return nouveau_dsm_switch_mux(nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_handle, NOUVEAU_DSM_LED_STAMINA);
+		return nouveau_dsm_switch_mux(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, NOUVEAU_DSM_LED_STAMINA);
 	else
-		return nouveau_dsm_switch_mux(nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_handle, NOUVEAU_DSM_LED_SPEED);
+		return nouveau_dsm_switch_mux(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, NOUVEAU_DSM_LED_SPEED);
 }
 
 static int nouveau_dsm_power_state(enum vga_switcheroo_client_id id,
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int nouveau_dsm_power_state(enum vga_switcheroo_client_id id,
 	if (id == VGA_SWITCHEROO_IGD)
 		return 0;
 
-	return nouveau_dsm_set_discrete_state(nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_handle, state);
+	return nouveau_dsm_set_discrete_state(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, state);
 }
 
 static int nouveau_dsm_init(void)
@@ -151,18 +151,18 @@ static bool nouveau_dsm_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	dhandle = DEVICE_ACPI_HANDLE(&pdev->dev);
 	if (!dhandle)
 		return false;
+
 	status = acpi_get_handle(dhandle, "_DSM", &nvidia_handle);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	ret= nouveau_dsm(nvidia_handle, NOUVEAU_DSM_SUPPORTED,
-			 NOUVEAU_DSM_SUPPORTED_FUNCTIONS, &result);
+	ret = nouveau_dsm(dhandle, NOUVEAU_DSM_SUPPORTED,
+			  NOUVEAU_DSM_SUPPORTED_FUNCTIONS, &result);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return false;
 
 	nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle = dhandle;
-	nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_handle = nvidia_handle;
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ static bool nouveau_dsm_detect(void)
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = NULL;
 	int has_dsm = 0;
 	int vga_count = 0;
+
 	while ((pdev = pci_get_class(PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA << 8, pdev)) != NULL) {
 		vga_count++;
 
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ static bool nouveau_dsm_detect(void)
 	}
 
 	if (vga_count == 2 && has_dsm) {
-		acpi_get_name(nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_handle, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &buffer);
+		acpi_get_name(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &buffer);
 		printk(KERN_INFO "VGA switcheroo: detected DSM switching method %s handle\n",
 		       acpi_method_name);
 		nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_detected = true;
@@ -204,3 +205,57 @@ void nouveau_unregister_dsm_handler(void)
 {
 	vga_switcheroo_unregister_handler();
 }
+
+/* retrieve the ROM in 4k blocks */
+static int nouveau_rom_call(acpi_handle rom_handle, uint8_t *bios,
+			    int offset, int len)
+{
+	acpi_status status;
+	union acpi_object rom_arg_elements[2], *obj;
+	struct acpi_object_list rom_arg;
+	struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL};
+
+	rom_arg.count = 2;
+	rom_arg.pointer = &rom_arg_elements[0];
+
+	rom_arg_elements[0].type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER;
+	rom_arg_elements[0].integer.value = offset;
+
+	rom_arg_elements[1].type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER;
+	rom_arg_elements[1].integer.value = len;
+
+	status = acpi_evaluate_object(rom_handle, NULL, &rom_arg, &buffer);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "failed to evaluate ROM got %s\n", acpi_format_exception(status));
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+	obj = (union acpi_object *)buffer.pointer;
+	memcpy(bios+offset, obj->buffer.pointer, len);
+	kfree(buffer.pointer);
+	return len;
+}
+
+bool nouveau_acpi_rom_supported(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	acpi_status status;
+	acpi_handle dhandle, rom_handle;
+
+	if (!nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_detected)
+		return false;
+
+	dhandle = DEVICE_ACPI_HANDLE(&pdev->dev);
+	if (!dhandle)
+		return false;
+
+	status = acpi_get_handle(dhandle, "_ROM", &rom_handle);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+		return false;
+
+	nouveau_dsm_priv.rom_handle = rom_handle;
+	return true;
+}
+
+int nouveau_acpi_get_bios_chunk(uint8_t *bios, int offset, int len)
+{
+	return nouveau_rom_call(nouveau_dsm_priv.rom_handle, bios, offset, len);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
index e7e69ccce5c9985ba77b7e7790582f984c8efdb9..745ff3788e9d96a8b170a7ae8a8c6ff468bbc130 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.c
@@ -178,6 +178,25 @@ static void load_vbios_pci(struct drm_device *dev, uint8_t *data)
 	pci_disable_rom(dev->pdev);
 }
 
+static void load_vbios_acpi(struct drm_device *dev, uint8_t *data)
+{
+	int i;
+	int ret;
+	int size = 64 * 1024;
+
+	if (!nouveau_acpi_rom_supported(dev->pdev))
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < (size / ROM_BIOS_PAGE); i++) {
+		ret = nouveau_acpi_get_bios_chunk(data,
+						  (i * ROM_BIOS_PAGE),
+						  ROM_BIOS_PAGE);
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			break;
+	}
+	return;
+}
+
 struct methods {
 	const char desc[8];
 	void (*loadbios)(struct drm_device *, uint8_t *);
@@ -191,6 +210,7 @@ static struct methods nv04_methods[] = {
 };
 
 static struct methods nv50_methods[] = {
+	{ "ACPI", load_vbios_acpi, true },
 	{ "PRAMIN", load_vbios_pramin, true },
 	{ "PROM", load_vbios_prom, false },
 	{ "PCIROM", load_vbios_pci, true },
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
index 5b134438effebcda05e2fbb8c4a74581f6148bcc..c697191064894345efbbf76bf3bfd1fc83188270 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
@@ -851,12 +851,17 @@ extern int  nouveau_dma_init(struct nouveau_channel *);
 extern int  nouveau_dma_wait(struct nouveau_channel *, int slots, int size);
 
 /* nouveau_acpi.c */
+#define ROM_BIOS_PAGE 4096
 #if defined(CONFIG_ACPI)
 void nouveau_register_dsm_handler(void);
 void nouveau_unregister_dsm_handler(void);
+int nouveau_acpi_get_bios_chunk(uint8_t *bios, int offset, int len);
+bool nouveau_acpi_rom_supported(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 #else
 static inline void nouveau_register_dsm_handler(void) {}
 static inline void nouveau_unregister_dsm_handler(void) {}
+static inline bool nouveau_acpi_rom_supported(struct pci_dev *pdev) { return false; }
+static inline int nouveau_acpi_get_bios_chunk(uint8_t *bios, int offset, int len) { return -EINVAL; }
 #endif
 
 /* nouveau_backlight.c */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
index e632339c323e5bd03efe592f554875117322b7b1..5c468a4fef9a43a5408d5310a6b3af592bccb1bf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
@@ -376,12 +376,15 @@ nouveau_card_init_channel(struct drm_device *dev)
 static void nouveau_switcheroo_set_state(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 					 enum vga_switcheroo_state state)
 {
+	struct drm_device *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	pm_message_t pmm = { .event = PM_EVENT_SUSPEND };
 	if (state == VGA_SWITCHEROO_ON) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "VGA switcheroo: switched nouveau on\n");
 		nouveau_pci_resume(pdev);
+		drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(dev);
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "VGA switcheroo: switched nouveau off\n");
+		drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(dev);
 		nouveau_pci_suspend(pdev, pmm);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
index fdc3fdf78acb3b45dc025ae6598942d032b99bf8..db338522191f5fbf0bb48bc7da08063ed42efbf8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
@@ -546,8 +546,10 @@ static void radeon_switcheroo_set_state(struct pci_dev *pdev, enum vga_switchero
 		/* don't suspend or resume card normally */
 		rdev->powered_down = false;
 		radeon_resume_kms(dev);
+		drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(dev);
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "radeon: switched off\n");
+		drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(dev);
 		radeon_suspend_kms(dev, pmm);
 		/* don't suspend or resume card normally */
 		rdev->powered_down = true;
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h
index dc5873c21e4566ceaf6628882abae905098763f9..1121f7799c6ff527838ec50052d51bc10b10e2e7 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h
@@ -130,4 +130,7 @@ extern int drm_helper_resume_force_mode(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void drm_kms_helper_poll_init(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void drm_helper_hpd_irq_event(struct drm_device *dev);
+
+extern void drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(struct drm_device *dev);
+extern void drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(struct drm_device *dev);
 #endif