diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
index 965988f79a558aaa933a546fb69b72f0ef81cc29..cdfb624eb82d9e06898e88dff3b13a6b769d65f9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
@@ -252,8 +252,14 @@ void intel_csr_load_program(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	}
 
 	fw_size = dev_priv->csr.dmc_fw_size;
+	assert_rpm_wakelock_held(dev_priv);
+
+	preempt_disable();
+
 	for (i = 0; i < fw_size; i++)
-		I915_WRITE(CSR_PROGRAM(i), payload[i]);
+		I915_WRITE_FW(CSR_PROGRAM(i), payload[i]);
+
+	preempt_enable();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dev_priv->csr.mmio_count; i++) {
 		I915_WRITE(dev_priv->csr.mmioaddr[i],