diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vga.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vga.c
index f002b82ba9c0..3385b45ecd4b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vga.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vga.c
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ void intel_vga_disable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	i915_reg_t vga_reg = intel_vga_cntrl_reg(dev_priv);
 	u8 sr1;
 
+	if (intel_de_read(dev_priv, vga_reg) & VGA_DISP_DISABLE)
+		return;
+
 	/* WaEnableVGAAccessThroughIOPort:ctg,elk,ilk,snb,ivb,vlv,hsw */
 	vga_get_uninterruptible(pdev, VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_IO);
 	outb(SR01, VGA_SR_INDEX);