diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
index c3c13dc929cbc..bfa79e5c214e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
@@ -631,6 +631,15 @@ __unclaimed_reg_debug(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 		      const bool read,
 		      const bool before)
 {
+	/* XXX. We limit the auto arming traces for mmio
+	 * debugs on these platforms. There are just too many
+	 * revealed by these and CI/Bat suffers from the noise.
+	 * Please fix and then re-enable the automatic traces.
+	 */
+	if (i915.mmio_debug < 2 &&
+	    (IS_VALLEYVIEW(dev_priv) || IS_CHERRYVIEW(dev_priv)))
+		return;
+
 	if (WARN(check_for_unclaimed_mmio(dev_priv),
 		 "Unclaimed register detected %s %s register 0x%x\n",
 		 before ? "before" : "after",