diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_bios.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_bios.c
index a2900bdac3cb..0f618960e04f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_bios.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_bios.c
@@ -337,18 +337,6 @@ static bool fixup_lfp_data_ptrs(const void *bdb, void *ptrs_block)
 	return validate_lfp_data_ptrs(bdb, ptrs);
 }
 
-static const void *find_fp_timing_terminator(const u8 *data, int size)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < size - 1; i++) {
-		if (data[i] == 0xff && data[i+1] == 0xff)
-			return &data[i];
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static int make_lfp_data_ptr(struct lvds_lfp_data_ptr_table *table,
 			     int table_size, int total_size)
 {
@@ -372,11 +360,22 @@ static void next_lfp_data_ptr(struct lvds_lfp_data_ptr_table *next,
 static void *generate_lfp_data_ptrs(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 				    const void *bdb)
 {
-	int i, size, table_size, block_size, offset;
-	const void *t0, *t1, *block;
+	int i, size, table_size, block_size, offset, fp_timing_size;
 	struct bdb_lvds_lfp_data_ptrs *ptrs;
+	const void *block;
 	void *ptrs_block;
 
+	/*
+	 * The hardcoded fp_timing_size is only valid for
+	 * modernish VBTs. All older VBTs definitely should
+	 * include block 41 and thus we don't need to
+	 * generate one.
+	 */
+	if (i915->display.vbt.version < 155)
+		return NULL;
+
+	fp_timing_size = 38;
+
 	block = find_raw_section(bdb, BDB_LVDS_LFP_DATA);
 	if (!block)
 		return NULL;
@@ -385,17 +384,8 @@ static void *generate_lfp_data_ptrs(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 
 	block_size = get_blocksize(block);
 
-	size = block_size;
-	t0 = find_fp_timing_terminator(block, size);
-	if (!t0)
-		return NULL;
-
-	size -= t0 - block - 2;
-	t1 = find_fp_timing_terminator(t0 + 2, size);
-	if (!t1)
-		return NULL;
-
-	size = t1 - t0;
+	size = fp_timing_size + sizeof(struct lvds_dvo_timing) +
+		sizeof(struct lvds_pnp_id);
 	if (size * 16 > block_size)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -413,7 +403,7 @@ static void *generate_lfp_data_ptrs(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 	table_size = sizeof(struct lvds_dvo_timing);
 	size = make_lfp_data_ptr(&ptrs->ptr[0].dvo_timing, table_size, size);
 
-	table_size = t0 - block + 2;
+	table_size = fp_timing_size;
 	size = make_lfp_data_ptr(&ptrs->ptr[0].fp_timing, table_size, size);
 
 	if (ptrs->ptr[0].fp_timing.table_size)
@@ -428,14 +418,14 @@ static void *generate_lfp_data_ptrs(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	size = t1 - t0;
+	size = fp_timing_size + sizeof(struct lvds_dvo_timing) +
+		sizeof(struct lvds_pnp_id);
 	for (i = 1; i < 16; i++) {
 		next_lfp_data_ptr(&ptrs->ptr[i].fp_timing, &ptrs->ptr[i-1].fp_timing, size);
 		next_lfp_data_ptr(&ptrs->ptr[i].dvo_timing, &ptrs->ptr[i-1].dvo_timing, size);
 		next_lfp_data_ptr(&ptrs->ptr[i].panel_pnp_id, &ptrs->ptr[i-1].panel_pnp_id, size);
 	}
 
-	size = t1 - t0;
 	table_size = sizeof(struct lvds_lfp_panel_name);
 
 	if (16 * (size + table_size) <= block_size) {