diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index b8bc887..dd7f1f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ int i915_driver_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
 		/* The i915.ko module is still not prepared to be loaded when
 		 * the power well is not enabled, so just enable it in case
 		 * we're going to unload/reload. */
-		intel_set_power_well(dev, true);
+		intel_display_set_init_power(dev, true);
 		i915_remove_power_well(dev);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 59649c0..7299a96 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static int i915_drm_freeze(struct drm_device *dev)
 	/* We do a lot of poking in a lot of registers, make sure they work
 	 * properly. */
 	hsw_disable_package_c8(dev_priv);
-	intel_set_power_well(dev, true);
+	intel_display_set_init_power(dev, true);
 
 	drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index e4354dd..0557c6b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ enum intel_display_power_domain {
 	POWER_DOMAIN_TRANSCODER_C,
 	POWER_DOMAIN_TRANSCODER_EDP,
 	POWER_DOMAIN_VGA,
+	POWER_DOMAIN_INIT,
 
 	POWER_DOMAIN_NUM,
 };
@@ -913,7 +914,6 @@ struct i915_power_well {
 	struct mutex lock;
 	/* power well enable/disable usage count */
 	int count;
-	int i915_request;
 };
 
 struct i915_dri1_state {
@@ -1369,6 +1369,11 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 	 * mchdev_lock in intel_pm.c */
 	struct intel_ilk_power_mgmt ips;
 
+	/*
+	 * Power wells needed for initialization at driver init and suspend
+	 * time are on. They are kept on until after the first modeset.
+	 */
+	bool init_power_on;
 	/* Haswell power well */
 	struct i915_power_well power_well;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index e2a4f3b..e30db91 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -6581,6 +6581,21 @@ static unsigned long get_pipe_power_domains(struct drm_device *dev,
 	return mask;
 }
 
+void intel_display_set_init_power(struct drm_device *dev, bool enable)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+
+	if (dev_priv->init_power_on == enable)
+		return;
+
+	if (enable)
+		intel_display_power_get(dev, POWER_DOMAIN_INIT);
+	else
+		intel_display_power_put(dev, POWER_DOMAIN_INIT);
+
+	dev_priv->init_power_on = enable;
+}
+
 static void modeset_update_power_wells(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned long pipe_domains[I915_MAX_PIPES] = { 0, };
@@ -6612,6 +6627,8 @@ static void modeset_update_power_wells(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 		crtc->enabled_power_domains = pipe_domains[crtc->pipe];
 	}
+
+	intel_display_set_init_power(dev, false);
 }
 
 static void haswell_modeset_global_resources(struct drm_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index 63a5bfd..e6306f5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ bool intel_crtc_active(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 void i915_disable_vga_mem(struct drm_device *dev);
 void hsw_enable_ips(struct intel_crtc *crtc);
 void hsw_disable_ips(struct intel_crtc *crtc);
+void intel_display_set_init_power(struct drm_device *dev, bool enable);
 
 
 /* intel_dp.c */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
index f7363a8..9291a2e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
@@ -5542,39 +5542,6 @@ void i915_remove_power_well(struct drm_device *dev)
 	hsw_pwr = NULL;
 }
 
-void intel_set_power_well(struct drm_device *dev, bool enable)
-{
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
-	struct i915_power_well *power_well = &dev_priv->power_well;
-
-	if (!HAS_POWER_WELL(dev))
-		return;
-
-	if (!i915_disable_power_well && !enable)
-		return;
-
-	mutex_lock(&power_well->lock);
-
-	/*
-	 * This function will only ever contribute one
-	 * to the power well reference count. i915_request
-	 * is what tracks whether we have or have not
-	 * added the one to the reference count.
-	 */
-	if (power_well->i915_request == enable)
-		goto out;
-
-	power_well->i915_request = enable;
-
-	if (enable)
-		__intel_power_well_get(power_well);
-	else
-		__intel_power_well_put(power_well);
-
- out:
-	mutex_unlock(&power_well->lock);
-}
-
 static void intel_resume_power_well(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
@@ -5602,7 +5569,7 @@ void intel_init_power_well(struct drm_device *dev)
 		return;
 
 	/* For now, we need the power well to be always enabled. */
-	intel_set_power_well(dev, true);
+	intel_display_set_init_power(dev, true);
 	intel_resume_power_well(dev);
 
 	/* We're taking over the BIOS, so clear any requests made by it since
