diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
index ff765d8e1a09..ce364a41842a 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ struct samsung_quirks {
 	bool broken_acpi_video;
 	bool four_kbd_backlight_levels;
 	bool enable_kbd_backlight;
+	bool use_native_backlight;
 };
 
 static struct samsung_quirks samsung_unknown = {};
@@ -361,6 +362,10 @@ static struct samsung_quirks samsung_broken_acpi_video = {
 	.broken_acpi_video = true,
 };
 
+static struct samsung_quirks samsung_use_native_backlight = {
+	.use_native_backlight = true,
+};
+
 static struct samsung_quirks samsung_np740u3e = {
 	.four_kbd_backlight_levels = true,
 	.enable_kbd_backlight = true,
@@ -1507,7 +1512,7 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata samsung_dmi_table[] = {
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N150P"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "N150P"),
 		},
-	 .driver_data = &samsung_broken_acpi_video,
+	 .driver_data = &samsung_use_native_backlight,
 	},
 	{
 	 .callback = samsung_dmi_matched,
@@ -1517,7 +1522,7 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata samsung_dmi_table[] = {
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N145P/N250P/N260P"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "N145P/N250P/N260P"),
 		},
-	 .driver_data = &samsung_broken_acpi_video,
+	 .driver_data = &samsung_use_native_backlight,
 	},
 	{
 	 .callback = samsung_dmi_matched,
@@ -1557,7 +1562,7 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata samsung_dmi_table[] = {
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "N250P"),
 		DMI_MATCH(DMI_BOARD_NAME, "N250P"),
 		},
-	 .driver_data = &samsung_broken_acpi_video,
+	 .driver_data = &samsung_use_native_backlight,
 	},
 	{
 	 .callback = samsung_dmi_matched,
@@ -1616,6 +1621,15 @@ static int __init samsung_init(void)
 		pr_info("Disabling ACPI video driver\n");
 		acpi_video_unregister();
 	}
+
+	if (samsung->quirks->use_native_backlight) {
+		pr_info("Using native backlight driver\n");
+		/* Tell acpi-video to not handle the backlight */
+		acpi_video_dmi_promote_vendor();
+		acpi_video_unregister();
+		/* And also do not handle it ourselves */
+		samsung->handle_backlight = false;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	ret = samsung_platform_init(samsung);