diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 70e1e4b6674467c69ae1fd8b0e69c68c8688f314..d676e55eb212561c7464a13898927b90d577b500 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -1434,8 +1434,18 @@ int i915_driver_irq_postinstall(struct drm_device *dev)
 			hotplug_en |= SDVOC_HOTPLUG_INT_EN;
 		if (dev_priv->hotplug_supported_mask & SDVOB_HOTPLUG_INT_STATUS)
 			hotplug_en |= SDVOB_HOTPLUG_INT_EN;
-		if (dev_priv->hotplug_supported_mask & CRT_HOTPLUG_INT_STATUS)
+		if (dev_priv->hotplug_supported_mask & CRT_HOTPLUG_INT_STATUS) {
 			hotplug_en |= CRT_HOTPLUG_INT_EN;
+
+			/* Programming the CRT detection parameters tends
+			   to generate a spurious hotplug event about three
+			   seconds later.  So just do it once.
+			*/
+			if (IS_G4X(dev))
+				hotplug_en |= CRT_HOTPLUG_ACTIVATION_PERIOD_64;
+			hotplug_en |= CRT_HOTPLUG_VOLTAGE_COMPARE_50;
+		}
+
 		/* Ignore TV since it's buggy */
 
 		I915_WRITE(PORT_HOTPLUG_EN, hotplug_en);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
index 2cae38a572477229d7f0872b9f4c6187dcb2a7ac..150400f405346de04d5693bfedc91d36f0a85a2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h
@@ -1134,7 +1134,6 @@
 #define CRT_HOTPLUG_DETECT_DELAY_2G		(1 << 4)
 #define CRT_HOTPLUG_DETECT_VOLTAGE_325MV	(0 << 2)
 #define CRT_HOTPLUG_DETECT_VOLTAGE_475MV	(1 << 2)
-#define CRT_HOTPLUG_MASK			(0x3fc) /* Bits 9-2 */
 
 #define PORT_HOTPLUG_STAT	0x61114
 #define   HDMIB_HOTPLUG_INT_STATUS		(1 << 29)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c
index 22ff38455731ae00b5b5446d5472391935d6c5bf..ee0732b222a1a5e6e9e6fe0ae50c001867006298 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_crt.c
@@ -234,14 +234,8 @@ static bool intel_crt_detect_hotplug(struct drm_connector *connector)
 	else
 		tries = 1;
 	hotplug_en = orig = I915_READ(PORT_HOTPLUG_EN);
-	hotplug_en &= CRT_HOTPLUG_MASK;
 	hotplug_en |= CRT_HOTPLUG_FORCE_DETECT;
 
-	if (IS_G4X(dev))
-		hotplug_en |= CRT_HOTPLUG_ACTIVATION_PERIOD_64;
-
-	hotplug_en |= CRT_HOTPLUG_VOLTAGE_COMPARE_50;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < tries ; i++) {
 		unsigned long timeout;
 		/* turn on the FORCE_DETECT */