diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
index eaf7688f517d0..f26ed1427fdc5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
@@ -600,6 +600,9 @@ void intel_runtime_pm_enable(struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm)
 		pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(kdev);
 	}
 
+	/* Enable by default */
+	pm_runtime_allow(kdev);
+
 	/*
 	 * The core calls the driver load handler with an RPM reference held.
 	 * We drop that here and will reacquire it during unloading in