1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
index 2e2c71fcc9ed..4f6b53998d79 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
@@ -403,6 +403,15 @@ static u32 asle_set_backlight(struct drm_device *dev, u32 bclp)
 
         DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("bclp = 0x%08x\n", bclp);
 
+        /*
+         * If the acpi_video interface is not supposed to be used, don't
+         * bother processing backlight level change requests from firmware.
+         */
+        if (!acpi_video_verify_backlight_support()) {
+                DRM_DEBUG_KMS("opregion backlight request ignored\n");
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         if (!(bclp & ASLE_BCLP_VALID))
                 return ASLC_BACKLIGHT_FAILED;