diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 9d3af3cb5a0b3f9936a8d322e2b876a49d94a8e3..e5badadbdcd26e9d030da779948086e7fddda7c9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -5238,6 +5238,55 @@ static const struct drm_crtc_funcs intel_crtc_funcs = {
 	.page_flip = intel_crtc_page_flip,
 };
 
+static void intel_sanitize_modesetting(struct drm_device *dev,
+				       int pipe, int plane)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	u32 reg, val;
+
+	if (HAS_PCH_SPLIT(dev))
+		return;
+
+	/* Who knows what state these registers were left in by the BIOS or
+	 * grub?
+	 *
+	 * If we leave the registers in a conflicting state (e.g. with the
+	 * display plane reading from the other pipe than the one we intend
+	 * to use) then when we attempt to teardown the active mode, we will
+	 * not disable the pipes and planes in the correct order -- leaving
+	 * a plane reading from a disabled pipe and possibly leading to
+	 * undefined behaviour.
+	 */
+
+	reg = DSPCNTR(plane);
+	val = I915_READ(reg);
+
+	if ((val & DISPLAY_PLANE_ENABLE) == 0)
+		return;
+	if (!!(val & DISPPLANE_SEL_PIPE_MASK) == pipe)
+		return;
+
+	/* This display plane is active and attached to the other CPU pipe. */
+	pipe = !pipe;
+
+	/* Disable the plane and wait for it to stop reading from the pipe. */
+	I915_WRITE(reg, val & ~DISPLAY_PLANE_ENABLE);
+	intel_flush_display_plane(dev, plane);
+
+	if (IS_GEN2(dev))
+		intel_wait_for_vblank(dev, pipe);
+
+	if (pipe == 0 && (dev_priv->quirks & QUIRK_PIPEA_FORCE))
+		return;
+
+	/* Switch off the pipe. */
+	reg = PIPECONF(pipe);
+	val = I915_READ(reg);
+	if (val & PIPECONF_ENABLE) {
+		I915_WRITE(reg, val & ~PIPECONF_ENABLE);
+		intel_wait_for_pipe_off(dev, pipe);
+	}
+}
 
 static void intel_crtc_init(struct drm_device *dev, int pipe)
 {
@@ -5289,6 +5338,8 @@ static void intel_crtc_init(struct drm_device *dev, int pipe)
 
 	setup_timer(&intel_crtc->idle_timer, intel_crtc_idle_timer,
 		    (unsigned long)intel_crtc);
+
+	intel_sanitize_modesetting(dev, intel_crtc->pipe, intel_crtc->plane);
 }
 
 int intel_get_pipe_from_crtc_id(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,