diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 84b5db257f1b4bf363d88ed83971d54dd53ffc53..95bb27de774f8fb2c5bb8cc83567a45eb83a8e43 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2651,6 +2651,7 @@ struct i915_params {
 	int enable_cmd_parser;
 	/* leave bools at the end to not create holes */
 	bool enable_hangcheck;
+	bool fastboot;
 	bool prefault_disable;
 	bool load_detect_test;
 	bool reset;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
index 96bb23865eac7a6acf3a731c0c5ecc8bbd25a4e5..4be13a5eb932797b233911c1935d1233dc9354c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct i915_params i915 __read_mostly = {
 	.preliminary_hw_support = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_PRELIMINARY_HW_SUPPORT),
 	.disable_power_well = -1,
 	.enable_ips = 1,
+	.fastboot = 0,
 	.prefault_disable = 0,
 	.load_detect_test = 0,
 	.reset = true,
@@ -133,6 +134,10 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_power_well,
 module_param_named_unsafe(enable_ips, i915.enable_ips, int, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_ips, "Enable IPS (default: true)");
 
+module_param_named(fastboot, i915.fastboot, bool, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(fastboot,
+	"Try to skip unnecessary mode sets at boot time (default: false)");
+
 module_param_named_unsafe(prefault_disable, i915.prefault_disable, bool, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(prefault_disable,
 	"Disable page prefaulting for pread/pwrite/reloc (default:false). "
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 002e2a41ce1ba8ebe05c09324bdc92399b65556d..71860f8680f9fb95efae6ea310be6ef450d25e57 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -13068,7 +13068,8 @@ static int intel_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
-		if (intel_pipe_config_compare(state->dev,
+		if (i915.fastboot &&
+		    intel_pipe_config_compare(state->dev,
 					to_intel_crtc_state(crtc->state),
 					pipe_config, true)) {
 			crtc_state->mode_changed = false;