diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index dae976f51d83357a51637fca61bd830bb9753010..69bcc42a0e44327679217d29a9415e553bd3564b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -9654,11 +9654,22 @@ intel_pipe_config_compare(struct drm_device *dev,
 	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(pipe_src_w);
 	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(pipe_src_h);
 
-	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.control);
-	/* pfit ratios are autocomputed by the hw on gen4+ */
-	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen < 4)
-		PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.pgm_ratios);
-	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.lvds_border_bits);
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: BIOS likes to set up a cloned config with lvds+external
+	 * screen. Since we don't yet re-compute the pipe config when moving
+	 * just the lvds port away to another pipe the sw tracking won't match.
+	 *
+	 * Proper atomic modesets with recomputed global state will fix this.
+	 * Until then just don't check gmch state for inherited modes.
+	 */
+	if (!PIPE_CONF_QUIRK(PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_INHERITED_MODE)) {
+		PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.control);
+		/* pfit ratios are autocomputed by the hw on gen4+ */
+		if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen < 4)
+			PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.pgm_ratios);
+		PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.lvds_border_bits);
+	}
+
 	PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(pch_pfit.enabled);
 	if (current_config->pch_pfit.enabled) {
 		PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(pch_pfit.pos);
@@ -11616,6 +11627,8 @@ static void intel_modeset_readout_hw_state(struct drm_device *dev)
 			    base.head) {
 		memset(&crtc->config, 0, sizeof(crtc->config));
 
+		crtc->config.quirks |= PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_INHERITED_MODE;
+
 		crtc->active = dev_priv->display.get_pipe_config(crtc,
 								 &crtc->config);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index 0542de98226018a9427519d0eb6996714f3c0582..328b1a70264b4c12a07400de7284b2968813aa94 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ struct intel_crtc_config {
 	 * tracked with quirk flags so that fastboot and state checker can act
 	 * accordingly.
 	 */
-#define PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_MODE_SYNC_FLAGS (1<<0) /* unreliable sync mode.flags */
+#define PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_MODE_SYNC_FLAGS	(1<<0) /* unreliable sync mode.flags */
+#define PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_INHERITED_MODE	(1<<1) /* mode inherited from firmware */
 	unsigned long quirks;
 
 	/* User requested mode, only valid as a starting point to