diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 2d7618366b75..b318090664e0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ static void cpt_set_fifo_underrun_reporting(struct drm_device *dev,
  *
  * Returns the previous state of underrun reporting.
  */
-bool __intel_set_cpu_fifo_underrun_reporting(struct drm_device *dev,
-					     enum pipe pipe, bool enable)
+static bool __intel_set_cpu_fifo_underrun_reporting(struct drm_device *dev,
+						    enum pipe pipe, bool enable)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc = dev_priv->pipe_to_crtc_mapping[pipe];
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index eda804f04dc2..83fe9be03f5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -11504,11 +11504,18 @@ static void intel_sanitize_crtc(struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 			encoder->base.crtc = NULL;
 		}
 	}
-	if (crtc->active) {
+
+	if (crtc->active || IS_VALLEYVIEW(dev) || INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen < 5) {
 		/*
 		 * We start out with underrun reporting disabled to avoid races.
 		 * For correct bookkeeping mark this on active crtcs.
 		 *
+		 * Also on gmch platforms we dont have any hardware bits to
+		 * disable the underrun reporting. Which means we need to start
+		 * out with underrun reporting disabled also on inactive pipes,
+		 * since otherwise we'll complain about the garbage we read when
+		 * e.g. coming up after runtime pm.
+		 *
 		 * No protection against concurrent access is required - at
 		 * worst a fifo underrun happens which also sets this to false.
 		 */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index d8b540b891d1..a1658928ab9f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -644,8 +644,6 @@ hdmi_to_dig_port(struct intel_hdmi *intel_hdmi)
 /* i915_irq.c */
 bool intel_set_cpu_fifo_underrun_reporting(struct drm_device *dev,
 					   enum pipe pipe, bool enable);
-bool __intel_set_cpu_fifo_underrun_reporting(struct drm_device *dev,
-					     enum pipe pipe, bool enable);
 bool intel_set_pch_fifo_underrun_reporting(struct drm_device *dev,
 					   enum transcoder pch_transcoder,
 					   bool enable);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
index e3d8b0709c9e..2329a25a0975 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
@@ -5729,15 +5729,9 @@ static void vlv_display_power_well_enable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 static void vlv_display_power_well_disable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 					   struct i915_power_well *power_well)
 {
-	struct drm_device *dev = dev_priv->dev;
-	enum pipe pipe;
-
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(power_well->data != PUNIT_POWER_WELL_DISP2D);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
-	for_each_pipe(pipe)
-		__intel_set_cpu_fifo_underrun_reporting(dev, pipe, false);
-
 	valleyview_disable_display_irqs(dev_priv);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&dev_priv->irq_lock);