diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c
index 48783e14114c0368220070ad22a7b74e5bc6858e..d97f20069d3e7d1c322c4823fab7144bc8155d90 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ static struct nouveau_dsm_priv {
 	acpi_handle rom_handle;
 } nouveau_dsm_priv;
 
+bool nouveau_is_optimus(void) {
+	return nouveau_dsm_priv.optimus_detected;
+}
+
+bool nouveau_is_v1_dsm(void) {
+	return nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_detected;
+}
+
 #define NOUVEAU_DSM_HAS_MUX 0x1
 #define NOUVEAU_DSM_HAS_OPT 0x2
 
@@ -183,9 +191,7 @@ static int nouveau_dsm_set_discrete_state(acpi_handle handle, enum vga_switchero
 
 static int nouveau_dsm_switchto(enum vga_switcheroo_client_id id)
 {
-	/* perhaps the _DSM functions are mutually exclusive, but prepare for
-	 * the future */
-	if (!nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_detected && nouveau_dsm_priv.optimus_detected)
+	if (!nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_detected)
 		return 0;
 	if (id == VGA_SWITCHEROO_IGD)
 		return nouveau_dsm_switch_mux(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, NOUVEAU_DSM_LED_STAMINA);
@@ -201,7 +207,7 @@ static int nouveau_dsm_power_state(enum vga_switcheroo_client_id id,
 
 	/* Optimus laptops have the card already disabled in
 	 * nouveau_switcheroo_set_state */
-	if (!nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_detected && nouveau_dsm_priv.optimus_detected)
+	if (!nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_detected)
 		return 0;
 
 	return nouveau_dsm_set_discrete_state(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, state);
@@ -283,24 +289,24 @@ static bool nouveau_dsm_detect(void)
 			has_optimus = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (vga_count == 2 && has_dsm && guid_valid) {
+	/* find the optimus DSM or the old v1 DSM */
+	if (has_optimus == 1) {
 		acpi_get_name(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME,
 			&buffer);
-		printk(KERN_INFO "VGA switcheroo: detected DSM switching method %s handle\n",
+		printk(KERN_INFO "VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method %s handle\n",
 			acpi_method_name);
-		nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_detected = true;
+		nouveau_dsm_priv.optimus_detected = true;
 		ret = true;
-	}
-
-	if (has_optimus == 1) {
+	} else if (vga_count == 2 && has_dsm && guid_valid) {
 		acpi_get_name(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME,
 			&buffer);
-		printk(KERN_INFO "VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method %s handle\n",
+		printk(KERN_INFO "VGA switcheroo: detected DSM switching method %s handle\n",
 			acpi_method_name);
-		nouveau_dsm_priv.optimus_detected = true;
+		nouveau_dsm_priv.dsm_detected = true;
 		ret = true;
 	}
 
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.h
index 08af67722b57c19926e12b11c5c7c6447d4ec6b5..d0da230d77064bac106865d06df2ef14771cacab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #define ROM_BIOS_PAGE 4096
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ACPI)
+bool nouveau_is_optimus(void);
+bool nouveau_is_v1_dsm(void);
 void nouveau_register_dsm_handler(void);
 void nouveau_unregister_dsm_handler(void);
 void nouveau_switcheroo_optimus_dsm(void);
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ int nouveau_acpi_get_bios_chunk(uint8_t *bios, int offset, int len);
 bool nouveau_acpi_rom_supported(struct pci_dev *pdev);
 void *nouveau_acpi_edid(struct drm_device *, struct drm_connector *);
 #else
+static inline bool nouveau_is_optimus(void) { return false; };
+static inline bool nouveau_is_v1_dsm(void) { return false; };
 static inline void nouveau_register_dsm_handler(void) {}
 static inline void nouveau_unregister_dsm_handler(void) {}
 static inline void nouveau_switcheroo_optimus_dsm(void) {}