diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 6c4b25ce8bb0bb5a591496fc45ed52a4849c1296..ec96f9a9724c809363cd2cd88baf2cd7a31b9a3e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -481,6 +481,10 @@ bool i915_semaphore_is_enabled(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (i915.semaphores >= 0)
 		return i915.semaphores;
 
+	/* Until we get further testing... */
+	if (IS_GEN8(dev))
+		return false;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU
 	/* Enable semaphores on SNB when IO remapping is off */
 	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 6 && intel_iommu_gfx_mapped)