diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 3971b5e6ad60..69cdbcd6e5b7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -687,12 +687,37 @@ gen6_ring_put_irq(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 gflag, u32 rflag)
 static bool
 bsd_ring_get_irq(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 {
-	return ring_get_irq(ring, GT_BSD_USER_INTERRUPT);
+	struct drm_device *dev = ring->dev;
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+
+	if (!dev->irq_enabled)
+		return false;
+
+	spin_lock(&ring->irq_lock);
+	if (ring->irq_refcount++ == 0) {
+		if (IS_G4X(dev))
+			i915_enable_irq(dev_priv, I915_BSD_USER_INTERRUPT);
+		else
+			ironlake_enable_irq(dev_priv, GT_BSD_USER_INTERRUPT);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&ring->irq_lock);
+
+	return true;
 }
 static void
 bsd_ring_put_irq(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 {
-	ring_put_irq(ring, GT_BSD_USER_INTERRUPT);
+	struct drm_device *dev = ring->dev;
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+
+	spin_lock(&ring->irq_lock);
+	if (--ring->irq_refcount == 0) {
+		if (IS_G4X(dev))
+			i915_disable_irq(dev_priv, I915_BSD_USER_INTERRUPT);
+		else
+			ironlake_disable_irq(dev_priv, GT_BSD_USER_INTERRUPT);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&ring->irq_lock);
 }
 
 static int