diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index b79ad9c57d35..1c7321dadd84 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -5082,10 +5082,14 @@ void hsw_disable_ips(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 		mutex_lock(&dev_priv->pcu_lock);
 		WARN_ON(sandybridge_pcode_write(dev_priv, DISPLAY_IPS_CONTROL, 0));
 		mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->pcu_lock);
-		/* wait for pcode to finish disabling IPS, which may take up to 42ms */
+		/*
+		 * Wait for PCODE to finish disabling IPS. The BSpec specified
+		 * 42ms timeout value leads to occasional timeouts so use 100ms
+		 * instead.
+		 */
 		if (intel_wait_for_register(dev_priv,
 					    IPS_CTL, IPS_ENABLE, 0,
-					    42))
+					    100))
 			DRM_ERROR("Timed out waiting for IPS disable\n");
 	} else {
 		I915_WRITE(IPS_CTL, 0);