diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index b6a58f720f9a576fe7081b8225bb4e72a5db81d7..b2fa2a4c4454797245704aa7f5e15165e934102a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
  *   address/value pairs. Don't overdue it, though, x <= 2^4 must hold!
  */
 #define MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM(x)	MI_INSTR(0x22, 2*x-1)
+#define MI_STORE_REGISTER_MEM(x) MI_INSTR(0x24, 2*x-1)
 #define MI_FLUSH_DW		MI_INSTR(0x26, 1) /* for GEN6 */
 #define   MI_FLUSH_DW_STORE_INDEX	(1<<21)
 #define   MI_INVALIDATE_TLB		(1<<18)
@@ -693,6 +694,23 @@
 #define   FPGA_DBG_RM_NOCLAIM	(1<<31)
 
 #define DERRMR		0x44050
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEA_SCANLINE		(1<<0)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEA_PRI_FLIP_DONE	(1<<1)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEA_SPR_FLIP_DONE	(1<<2)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEA_VBLANK		(1<<3)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEA_HBLANK		(1<<5)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEB_SCANLINE 	(1<<8)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEB_PRI_FLIP_DONE	(1<<9)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEB_SPR_FLIP_DONE	(1<<10)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEB_VBLANK		(1<<11)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEB_HBLANK		(1<<13)
+/* Note that PIPEC is not a simple translation of PIPEA/PIPEB */
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEC_SCANLINE		(1<<14)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEC_PRI_FLIP_DONE	(1<<15)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEC_SPR_FLIP_DONE	(1<<20)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEC_VBLANK		(1<<21)
+#define   DERRMR_PIPEC_HBLANK		(1<<22)
+
 
 /* GM45+ chicken bits -- debug workaround bits that may be required
  * for various sorts of correct behavior.  The top 16 bits of each are
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 38452d82ac7dc4d57c603151de925d8aecf63ae6..a98392f9894ee50211db52fc87d6f9b065cdf9c3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -7828,12 +7828,6 @@ static int intel_gen6_queue_flip(struct drm_device *dev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * On gen7 we currently use the blit ring because (in early silicon at least)
- * the render ring doesn't give us interrpts for page flip completion, which
- * means clients will hang after the first flip is queued.  Fortunately the
- * blit ring generates interrupts properly, so use it instead.
- */
 static int intel_gen7_queue_flip(struct drm_device *dev,
 				 struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 				 struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
@@ -7842,9 +7836,13 @@ static int intel_gen7_queue_flip(struct drm_device *dev,
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct intel_crtc *intel_crtc = to_intel_crtc(crtc);
-	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring = &dev_priv->ring[BCS];
+	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring;
 	uint32_t plane_bit = 0;
-	int ret;
+	int len, ret;
+
+	ring = obj->ring;
+	if (ring == NULL || ring->id != RCS)
+		ring = &dev_priv->ring[BCS];
 
 	ret = intel_pin_and_fence_fb_obj(dev, obj, ring);
 	if (ret)
@@ -7866,10 +7864,34 @@ static int intel_gen7_queue_flip(struct drm_device *dev,
 		goto err_unpin;
 	}
 
-	ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, 4);
+	len = 4;
+	if (ring->id == RCS)
+		len += 6;
+
+	ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, len);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_unpin;
 
+	/* Unmask the flip-done completion message. Note that the bspec says that
+	 * we should do this for both the BCS and RCS, and that we must not unmask
+	 * more than one flip event at any time (or ensure that one flip message
+	 * can be sent by waiting for flip-done prior to queueing new flips).
+	 * Experimentation says that BCS works despite DERRMR masking all
+	 * flip-done completion events and that unmasking all planes at once
+	 * for the RCS also doesn't appear to drop events. Setting the DERRMR
+	 * to zero does lead to lockups within MI_DISPLAY_FLIP.
+	 */
+	if (ring->id == RCS) {
+		intel_ring_emit(ring, MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM(1));
+		intel_ring_emit(ring, DERRMR);
+		intel_ring_emit(ring, ~(DERRMR_PIPEA_PRI_FLIP_DONE |
+					DERRMR_PIPEB_PRI_FLIP_DONE |
+					DERRMR_PIPEC_PRI_FLIP_DONE));
+		intel_ring_emit(ring, MI_STORE_REGISTER_MEM(1));
+		intel_ring_emit(ring, DERRMR);
+		intel_ring_emit(ring, ring->scratch.gtt_offset + 256);
+	}
+
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, MI_DISPLAY_FLIP_I915 | plane_bit);
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, (fb->pitches[0] | obj->tiling_mode));
 	intel_ring_emit(ring, i915_gem_obj_ggtt_offset(obj) + intel_crtc->dspaddr_offset);