diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Makefile b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
index 8a063e276530..73d840bef455 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Makefile
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ acpi-$(CONFIG_X86)		+= acpi_cmos_rtc.o
 acpi-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)		+= debugfs.o
 acpi-$(CONFIG_ACPI_NUMA)	+= numa.o
 acpi-$(CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER) += cm_sbs.o
-ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO
-acpi-y				+= video_detect.o
-endif
 acpi-y				+= acpi_lpat.o
 acpi-$(CONFIG_ACPI_GENERIC_GSI) += gsi.o
 
@@ -95,3 +92,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_EXTLOG)	+= acpi_extlog.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PMIC_OPREGION)	+= pmic/intel_pmic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRC_PMIC_OPREGION) += pmic/intel_pmic_crc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XPOWER_PMIC_OPREGION) += pmic/intel_pmic_xpower.o
+
+video-objs			+= acpi_video.o video_detect.o
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
similarity index 99%
rename from drivers/acpi/video.c
rename to drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
index 3bc4c68d8bd0..db4f353e1e5c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include <acpi/video.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-#include "internal.h"
+#define PREFIX "ACPI: "
 
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_BUS_NAME		"Video Bus"
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_DEVICE_NAME		"Video Device"
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
index cd49a3982b6a..67c548ad3764 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
@@ -712,3 +712,18 @@ bool acpi_check_dsm(acpi_handle handle, const u8 *uuid, int rev, u64 funcs)
 	return false;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_check_dsm);
+
+/*
+ * acpi_backlight= handling, this is done here rather then in video_detect.c
+ * because __setup cannot be used in modules.
+ */
+char acpi_video_backlight_string[16];
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_backlight_string);
+
+static int __init acpi_backlight(char *str)
+{
+	strlcpy(acpi_video_backlight_string, str,
+		sizeof(acpi_video_backlight_string));
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("acpi_backlight=", acpi_backlight);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
index b2270ca21538..bb6133c60175 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
@@ -32,16 +32,23 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 
-#include "internal.h"
-
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("video");
 #define _COMPONENT		ACPI_VIDEO_COMPONENT
 
 static long acpi_video_support;
 static bool acpi_video_caps_checked;
 
+static void acpi_video_parse_cmdline(void)
+{
+	if (!strcmp("vendor", acpi_video_backlight_string))
+		acpi_video_support |= ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT_FORCE_VENDOR;
+	if (!strcmp("video", acpi_video_backlight_string))
+		acpi_video_support |= ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT_FORCE_VIDEO;
+}
+
 static acpi_status
 find_video(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv)
 {
@@ -174,8 +181,10 @@ static void acpi_video_caps_check(void)
 	 * We must check whether the ACPI graphics device is physically plugged
 	 * in. Therefore this must be called after binding PCI and ACPI devices
 	 */
-	if (!acpi_video_caps_checked)
+	if (!acpi_video_caps_checked) {
+		acpi_video_parse_cmdline();
 		acpi_video_get_capabilities(NULL);
+	}
 }
 
 /* Promote the vendor interface instead of the generic video module.
@@ -212,23 +221,3 @@ int acpi_video_backlight_support(void)
 	return acpi_video_support & ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_backlight_support);
-
-/*
- * Use acpi_backlight=vendor/video to force that backlight switching
- * is processed by vendor specific acpi drivers or video.ko driver.
- */
-static int __init acpi_backlight(char *str)
-{
-	if (str == NULL || *str == '\0')
-		return 1;
-	else {
-		if (!strcmp("vendor", str))
-			acpi_video_support |=
-				ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT_FORCE_VENDOR;
-		if (!strcmp("video", str))
-			acpi_video_support |=
-				ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT_FORCE_VIDEO;
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-__setup("acpi_backlight=", acpi_backlight);
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
index f9f205cb1f11..909133c6ffb7 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ config ASUS_LAPTOP
 	depends on ACPI
 	select LEDS_CLASS
 	select NEW_LEDS
-	select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
 	depends on INPUT
 	depends on RFKILL || RFKILL = n
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP
 	select INPUT_POLLDEV
 	---help---
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ config DELL_LAPTOP
 	depends on X86
 	depends on DCDBAS
 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	depends on RFKILL || RFKILL = n
 	depends on SERIO_I8042
 	select POWER_SUPPLY
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ config DELL_WMI
 	tristate "Dell WMI extras"
 	depends on ACPI_WMI
 	depends on INPUT
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here if you want to support WMI-based hotkeys on Dell laptops.
@@ -144,6 +147,7 @@ config FUJITSU_LAPTOP
 	depends on ACPI
 	depends on INPUT
 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	depends on LEDS_CLASS || LEDS_CLASS=n
 	---help---
 	  This is a driver for laptops built by Fujitsu:
@@ -247,6 +251,7 @@ config MSI_LAPTOP
 	tristate "MSI Laptop Extras"
 	depends on ACPI
 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	depends on RFKILL
 	depends on INPUT && SERIO_I8042
 	select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP
@@ -280,6 +285,7 @@ config COMPAL_LAPTOP
 	tristate "Compal (and others) Laptop Extras"
 	depends on ACPI
 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	depends on RFKILL
 	depends on HWMON
 	depends on POWER_SUPPLY
@@ -296,7 +302,8 @@ config COMPAL_LAPTOP
 config SONY_LAPTOP
 	tristate "Sony Laptop Extras"
 	depends on ACPI
-	select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
+	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
 	depends on INPUT
 	depends on RFKILL
 	  ---help---
@@ -321,6 +328,7 @@ config IDEAPAD_LAPTOP
 	depends on RFKILL && INPUT
 	depends on SERIO_I8042
 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP
 	help
 	  This is a driver for Lenovo IdeaPad netbooks contains drivers for
@@ -331,8 +339,8 @@ config THINKPAD_ACPI
 	depends on ACPI
 	depends on INPUT
 	depends on RFKILL || RFKILL = n
-	select BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
-	select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
+	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
 	select HWMON
 	select NVRAM
 	select NEW_LEDS
@@ -500,8 +508,9 @@ config EEEPC_LAPTOP
 	depends on ACPI
 	depends on INPUT
 	depends on RFKILL || RFKILL = n
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	depends on HOTPLUG_PCI
-	select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
 	select HWMON
 	select LEDS_CLASS
 	select NEW_LEDS
@@ -587,6 +596,7 @@ config MSI_WMI
 	depends on ACPI_WMI
 	depends on INPUT
 	depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP
 	help
 	 Say Y here if you want to support WMI-based hotkeys on MSI laptops.
@@ -824,6 +834,7 @@ config MXM_WMI
 config INTEL_OAKTRAIL
 	tristate "Intel Oaktrail Platform Extras"
 	depends on ACPI
+	depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n
 	depends on RFKILL && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE && ACPI
 	---help---
 	  Intel Oaktrail platform need this driver to provide interfaces to
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 913a1c19818a..f097c0a2718e 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ extern bool wmi_has_guid(const char *guid);
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_OUTPUT_SWITCHING_DMI_VENDOR		0x0400
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_OUTPUT_SWITCHING_DMI_VIDEO		0x0800
 
+extern char acpi_video_backlight_string[];
 extern long acpi_is_video_device(acpi_handle handle);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO) || defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO_MODULE)