diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 70d0f0f06f1a..e9f891c432f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1756,8 +1756,6 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 	 */
 	struct workqueue_struct *dp_wq;
 
-	uint32_t bios_vgacntr;
-
 	/* Abstract the submission mechanism (legacy ringbuffer or execlists) away */
 	struct {
 		int (*do_execbuf)(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 52adcb680be3..c11603b4cf1d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1048,6 +1048,7 @@ int
 i915_gem_pwrite_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		      struct drm_file *file)
 {
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_pwrite *args = data;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	int ret;
@@ -1067,9 +1068,11 @@ i915_gem_pwrite_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
+	intel_runtime_pm_get(dev_priv);
+
 	ret = i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(dev);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto put_rpm;
 
 	obj = to_intel_bo(drm_gem_object_lookup(dev, file, args->handle));
 	if (&obj->base == NULL) {
@@ -1121,6 +1124,9 @@ out:
 	drm_gem_object_unreference(&obj->base);
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+put_rpm:
+	intel_runtime_pm_put(dev_priv);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 996c2931c499..d0d3dfbe6d2a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -3725,8 +3725,6 @@ static bool i8xx_handle_vblank(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if ((iir & flip_pending) == 0)
 		goto check_page_flip;
 
-	intel_prepare_page_flip(dev, plane);
-
 	/* We detect FlipDone by looking for the change in PendingFlip from '1'
 	 * to '0' on the following vblank, i.e. IIR has the Pendingflip
 	 * asserted following the MI_DISPLAY_FLIP, but ISR is deasserted, hence
@@ -3736,6 +3734,7 @@ static bool i8xx_handle_vblank(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (I915_READ16(ISR) & flip_pending)
 		goto check_page_flip;
 
+	intel_prepare_page_flip(dev, plane);
 	intel_finish_page_flip(dev, pipe);
 	return true;
 
@@ -3907,8 +3906,6 @@ static bool i915_handle_vblank(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if ((iir & flip_pending) == 0)
 		goto check_page_flip;
 
-	intel_prepare_page_flip(dev, plane);
-
 	/* We detect FlipDone by looking for the change in PendingFlip from '1'
 	 * to '0' on the following vblank, i.e. IIR has the Pendingflip
 	 * asserted following the MI_DISPLAY_FLIP, but ISR is deasserted, hence
@@ -3918,6 +3915,7 @@ static bool i915_handle_vblank(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (I915_READ(ISR) & flip_pending)
 		goto check_page_flip;
 
+	intel_prepare_page_flip(dev, plane);
 	intel_finish_page_flip(dev, pipe);
 	return true;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index fb3e3d429191..e2af1383b179 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -13057,11 +13057,7 @@ static void i915_disable_vga(struct drm_device *dev)
 	vga_put(dev->pdev, VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_IO);
 	udelay(300);
 
-	/*
-	 * Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S6010 (830) has problems resuming
-	 * from S3 without preserving (some of?) the other bits.
-	 */
-	I915_WRITE(vga_reg, dev_priv->bios_vgacntr | VGA_DISP_DISABLE);
+	I915_WRITE(vga_reg, VGA_DISP_DISABLE);
 	POSTING_READ(vga_reg);
 }
 
@@ -13146,8 +13142,6 @@ void intel_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	intel_shared_dpll_init(dev);
 
-	/* save the BIOS value before clobbering it */
-	dev_priv->bios_vgacntr = I915_READ(i915_vgacntrl_reg(dev));
 	/* Just disable it once at startup */
 	i915_disable_vga(dev);
 	intel_setup_outputs(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
index f5a78d53e297..ac6da7102fbb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
@@ -615,29 +615,6 @@ static void chv_pipe_power_well_disable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 		vlv_power_sequencer_reset(dev_priv);
 }
 
-static void check_power_well_state(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
-				   struct i915_power_well *power_well)
-{
-	bool enabled = power_well->ops->is_enabled(dev_priv, power_well);
-
-	if (power_well->always_on || !i915.disable_power_well) {
-		if (!enabled)
-			goto mismatch;
-
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (enabled != (power_well->count > 0))
-		goto mismatch;
-
-	return;
-
-mismatch:
-	WARN(1, "state mismatch for '%s' (always_on %d hw state %d use-count %d disable_power_well %d\n",
-		  power_well->name, power_well->always_on, enabled,
-		  power_well->count, i915.disable_power_well);
-}
-
 /**
  * intel_display_power_get - grab a power domain reference
  * @dev_priv: i915 device instance
@@ -669,8 +646,6 @@ void intel_display_power_get(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 			power_well->ops->enable(dev_priv, power_well);
 			power_well->hw_enabled = true;
 		}
-
-		check_power_well_state(dev_priv, power_well);
 	}
 
 	power_domains->domain_use_count[domain]++;
@@ -709,8 +684,6 @@ void intel_display_power_put(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 			power_well->hw_enabled = false;
 			power_well->ops->disable(dev_priv, power_well);
 		}
-
-		check_power_well_state(dev_priv, power_well);
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&power_domains->lock);