diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index e6f7ebfe86e5..b92385498d2c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -1110,6 +1110,9 @@ void i8xx_disable_fbc(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	/* Disable compression */
 	fbc_ctl = I915_READ(FBC_CONTROL);
+	if ((fbc_ctl & FBC_CTL_EN) == 0)
+		return;
+
 	fbc_ctl &= ~FBC_CTL_EN;
 	I915_WRITE(FBC_CONTROL, fbc_ctl);