diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f93f66cc0f9e..ee514b0970f9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f590d279eb4978352af163a88b001f156c7147d2
+refs/heads/master: 7b9c5abee98c54f85bcc04bd4d7ec8d5094c73f4
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
index b1d0acbae4e4..1740577c6173 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lvds.c
@@ -648,8 +648,15 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id bad_lid_status[] = {
  */
 static enum drm_connector_status intel_lvds_detect(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
+	struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
 	enum drm_connector_status status = connector_status_connected;
 
+	/* ACPI lid methods were generally unreliable in this generation, so
+	 * don't even bother.
+	 */
+	if (IS_I8XX(dev))
+		return connector_status_connected;
+
 	if (!dmi_check_system(bad_lid_status) && !acpi_lid_open())
 		status = connector_status_disconnected;