diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index 56315cbef1e4..b05c256d496b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -2274,6 +2274,7 @@
 #define   PIPECONF_DISABLE	0
 #define   PIPECONF_DOUBLE_WIDE	(1<<30)
 #define   I965_PIPECONF_ACTIVE	(1<<30)
+#define   PIPECONF_FRAME_START_DELAY_MASK (3<<27)
 #define   PIPECONF_SINGLE_WIDE	0
 #define   PIPECONF_PIPE_UNLOCKED 0
 #define   PIPECONF_PIPE_LOCKED	(1<<25)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 57f90437d08c..f150a15279ea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -6580,6 +6580,12 @@ static void intel_sanitize_modesetting(struct drm_device *dev,
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	u32 reg, val;
 
+	/* Clear any frame start delays used for debugging left by the BIOS */
+	for_each_pipe(pipe) {
+		reg = PIPECONF(pipe);
+		I915_WRITE(reg, I915_READ(reg) & ~PIPECONF_FRAME_START_DELAY_MASK);
+	}
+
 	if (HAS_PCH_SPLIT(dev))
 		return;