diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_rps.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_rps.c
index 0db565d2be9a2..466ec671b3794 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_rps.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_rps.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ static unsigned int init_emon(struct intel_uncore *uncore)
 
 static bool gen5_rps_enable(struct intel_rps *rps)
 {
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = rps_to_i915(rps);
 	struct intel_uncore *uncore = rps_to_uncore(rps);
 	u8 fstart, vstart;
 	u32 rgvmodectl;
@@ -566,6 +567,10 @@ static bool gen5_rps_enable(struct intel_rps *rps)
 	rps->ips.last_count2 = intel_uncore_read(uncore, GFXEC);
 	rps->ips.last_time2 = ktime_get_raw_ns();
 
+	spin_lock(&i915->irq_lock);
+	ilk_enable_display_irq(i915, DE_PCU_EVENT);
+	spin_unlock(&i915->irq_lock);
+
 	spin_unlock_irq(&mchdev_lock);
 
 	rps->ips.corr = init_emon(uncore);
@@ -575,11 +580,16 @@ static bool gen5_rps_enable(struct intel_rps *rps)
 
 static void gen5_rps_disable(struct intel_rps *rps)
 {
+	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = rps_to_i915(rps);
 	struct intel_uncore *uncore = rps_to_uncore(rps);
 	u16 rgvswctl;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&mchdev_lock);
 
+	spin_lock(&i915->irq_lock);
+	ilk_disable_display_irq(i915, DE_PCU_EVENT);
+	spin_unlock(&i915->irq_lock);
+
 	rgvswctl = intel_uncore_read16(uncore, MEMSWCTL);
 
 	/* Ack interrupts, disable EFC interrupt */
@@ -587,11 +597,6 @@ static void gen5_rps_disable(struct intel_rps *rps)
 			   intel_uncore_read(uncore, MEMINTREN) &
 			   ~MEMINT_EVAL_CHG_EN);
 	intel_uncore_write(uncore, MEMINTRSTS, MEMINT_EVAL_CHG);
-	intel_uncore_write(uncore, DEIER,
-			   intel_uncore_read(uncore, DEIER) & ~DE_PCU_EVENT);
-	intel_uncore_write(uncore, DEIIR, DE_PCU_EVENT);
-	intel_uncore_write(uncore, DEIMR,
-			   intel_uncore_read(uncore, DEIMR) | DE_PCU_EVENT);
 
 	/* Go back to the starting frequency */
 	gen5_rps_set(rps, rps->idle_freq);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 82713d4a376e7..09221ca1ffb27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -3460,7 +3460,7 @@ static void ilk_irq_postinstall(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		display_mask = (DE_MASTER_IRQ_CONTROL | DE_GSE | DE_PCH_EVENT |
 				DE_AUX_CHANNEL_A | DE_PIPEB_CRC_DONE |
 				DE_PIPEA_CRC_DONE | DE_POISON);
-		extra_mask = (DE_PIPEA_VBLANK | DE_PIPEB_VBLANK | DE_PCU_EVENT |
+		extra_mask = (DE_PIPEA_VBLANK | DE_PIPEB_VBLANK |
 			      DE_PIPEB_FIFO_UNDERRUN | DE_PIPEA_FIFO_UNDERRUN |
 			      DE_DP_A_HOTPLUG);
 	}
@@ -3470,6 +3470,9 @@ static void ilk_irq_postinstall(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		display_mask |= DE_EDP_PSR_INT_HSW;
 	}
 
+	if (IS_IRONLAKE_M(dev_priv))
+		extra_mask |= DE_PCU_EVENT;
+
 	dev_priv->irq_mask = ~display_mask;
 
 	ibx_irq_pre_postinstall(dev_priv);
@@ -3482,17 +3485,6 @@ static void ilk_irq_postinstall(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	ilk_hpd_detection_setup(dev_priv);
 
 	ibx_irq_postinstall(dev_priv);
-
-	if (IS_IRONLAKE_M(dev_priv)) {
-		/* Enable PCU event interrupts
-		 *
-		 * spinlocking not required here for correctness since interrupt
-		 * setup is guaranteed to run in single-threaded context. But we
-		 * need it to make the assert_spin_locked happy. */
-		spin_lock_irq(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
-		ilk_enable_display_irq(dev_priv, DE_PCU_EVENT);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
-	}
 }
 
 void valleyview_enable_display_irqs(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)