diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
index d12a4efa651b..685b0ebe5fb2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
@@ -1316,7 +1316,13 @@ void drm_vblank_off(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->event_lock, irqflags);
 
 	spin_lock(&dev->vbl_lock);
-	vblank_disable_and_save(dev, pipe);
+	DRM_DEBUG_VBL("crtc %d, vblank enabled %d, inmodeset %d\n",
+		      pipe, vblank->enabled, vblank->inmodeset);
+
+	/* Avoid redundant vblank disables without previous drm_vblank_on(). */
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_ATOMIC) || !vblank->inmodeset)
+		vblank_disable_and_save(dev, pipe);
+
 	wake_up(&vblank->queue);
 
 	/*
@@ -1418,6 +1424,9 @@ void drm_vblank_on(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe)
 		return;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->vbl_lock, irqflags);
+	DRM_DEBUG_VBL("crtc %d, vblank enabled %d, inmodeset %d\n",
+		      pipe, vblank->enabled, vblank->inmodeset);
+
 	/* Drop our private "prevent drm_vblank_get" refcount */
 	if (vblank->inmodeset) {
 		atomic_dec(&vblank->refcount);