diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
index 18391b3ec2c1076a4b6e262d03e21be0310acbae..4e5ff593413d62ea429c4f548c36a421ec2aefd3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -248,18 +248,24 @@ void intel_panel_setup_backlight(struct drm_device *dev)
 enum drm_connector_status
 intel_panel_detect(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
+#if 0
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+#endif
 
 	if (i915_panel_ignore_lid)
 		return i915_panel_ignore_lid > 0 ?
 			connector_status_connected :
 			connector_status_disconnected;
 
+	/* opregion lid state on HP 2540p is wrong at boot up,
+	 * appears to be either the BIOS or Linux ACPI fault */
+#if 0
 	/* Assume that the BIOS does not lie through the OpRegion... */
 	if (dev_priv->opregion.lid_state)
 		return ioread32(dev_priv->opregion.lid_state) & 0x1 ?
 			connector_status_connected :
 			connector_status_disconnected;
+#endif
 
 	return connector_status_unknown;
 }