diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/g4x_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/g4x_dp.c
index 5a957acebfd6..82ad8fe7440c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/g4x_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/g4x_dp.c
@@ -395,26 +395,8 @@ static void intel_dp_get_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 		intel_dotclock_calculate(pipe_config->port_clock,
 					 &pipe_config->dp_m_n);
 
-	if (intel_dp_is_edp(intel_dp) && dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp &&
-	    pipe_config->pipe_bpp > dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp) {
-		/*
-		 * This is a big fat ugly hack.
-		 *
-		 * Some machines in UEFI boot mode provide us a VBT that has 18
-		 * bpp and 1.62 GHz link bandwidth for eDP, which for reasons
-		 * unknown we fail to light up. Yet the same BIOS boots up with
-		 * 24 bpp and 2.7 GHz link. Use the same bpp as the BIOS uses as
-		 * max, not what it tells us to use.
-		 *
-		 * Note: This will still be broken if the eDP panel is not lit
-		 * up by the BIOS, and thus we can't get the mode at module
-		 * load.
-		 */
-		drm_dbg_kms(&dev_priv->drm,
-			    "pipe has %d bpp for eDP panel, overriding BIOS-provided max %d bpp\n",
-			    pipe_config->pipe_bpp, dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp);
-		dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp = pipe_config->pipe_bpp;
-	}
+	if (intel_dp_is_edp(intel_dp))
+		intel_edp_fixup_vbt_bpp(encoder, pipe_config->pipe_bpp);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c
index 9e6fa59eabba..333871cf3a2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_ddi.c
@@ -3433,26 +3433,8 @@ static void intel_ddi_get_config(struct intel_encoder *encoder,
 	pipe_config->has_audio =
 		intel_ddi_is_audio_enabled(dev_priv, cpu_transcoder);
 
-	if (encoder->type == INTEL_OUTPUT_EDP && dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp &&
-	    pipe_config->pipe_bpp > dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp) {
-		/*
-		 * This is a big fat ugly hack.
-		 *
-		 * Some machines in UEFI boot mode provide us a VBT that has 18
-		 * bpp and 1.62 GHz link bandwidth for eDP, which for reasons
-		 * unknown we fail to light up. Yet the same BIOS boots up with
-		 * 24 bpp and 2.7 GHz link. Use the same bpp as the BIOS uses as
-		 * max, not what it tells us to use.
-		 *
-		 * Note: This will still be broken if the eDP panel is not lit
-		 * up by the BIOS, and thus we can't get the mode at module
-		 * load.
-		 */
-		drm_dbg_kms(&dev_priv->drm,
-			    "pipe has %d bpp for eDP panel, overriding BIOS-provided max %d bpp\n",
-			    pipe_config->pipe_bpp, dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp);
-		dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp = pipe_config->pipe_bpp;
-	}
+	if (encoder->type == INTEL_OUTPUT_EDP)
+		intel_edp_fixup_vbt_bpp(encoder, pipe_config->pipe_bpp);
 
 	ddi_dotclock_get(pipe_config);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
index 8637959b5de2..7db71bcd4c4a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
@@ -2710,6 +2710,31 @@ static void intel_edp_mso_mode_fixup(struct intel_connector *connector,
 		    DRM_MODE_ARG(mode));
 }
 
+void intel_edp_fixup_vbt_bpp(struct intel_encoder *encoder, int pipe_bpp)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(encoder->base.dev);
+
+	if (dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp && pipe_bpp > dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp) {
+		/*
+		 * This is a big fat ugly hack.
+		 *
+		 * Some machines in UEFI boot mode provide us a VBT that has 18
+		 * bpp and 1.62 GHz link bandwidth for eDP, which for reasons
+		 * unknown we fail to light up. Yet the same BIOS boots up with
+		 * 24 bpp and 2.7 GHz link. Use the same bpp as the BIOS uses as
+		 * max, not what it tells us to use.
+		 *
+		 * Note: This will still be broken if the eDP panel is not lit
+		 * up by the BIOS, and thus we can't get the mode at module
+		 * load.
+		 */
+		drm_dbg_kms(&dev_priv->drm,
+			    "pipe has %d bpp for eDP panel, overriding BIOS-provided max %d bpp\n",
+			    pipe_bpp, dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp);
+		dev_priv->vbt.edp.bpp = pipe_bpp;
+	}
+}
+
 static void intel_edp_mso_init(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = dp_to_i915(intel_dp);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.h
index d457e17bdc57..e794d910df56 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ enum irqreturn intel_dp_hpd_pulse(struct intel_digital_port *dig_port,
 void intel_edp_backlight_on(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state,
 			    const struct drm_connector_state *conn_state);
 void intel_edp_backlight_off(const struct drm_connector_state *conn_state);
+void intel_edp_fixup_vbt_bpp(struct intel_encoder *encoder, int pipe_bpp);
 void intel_dp_mst_suspend(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 void intel_dp_mst_resume(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 int intel_dp_max_link_rate(struct intel_dp *intel_dp);
