diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
index b3a084c48a940a267703d32604d6bbe3afe1ce4b..81935da9cd6b9767f68a85769e089647514fe976 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
@@ -485,6 +485,12 @@ void intel_csr_ucode_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	}
 
 	if (i915_modparams.dmc_firmware_path) {
+		if (strlen(i915_modparams.dmc_firmware_path) == 0) {
+			csr->fw_path = NULL;
+			DRM_INFO("Disabling CSR firmare and runtime PM\n");
+			return;
+		}
+
 		csr->fw_path = i915_modparams.dmc_firmware_path;
 		/* Bypass version check for firmware override. */
 		csr->required_version = 0;