diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index 2466b2b..a35d8a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@
 		bool active_low_pwm;
 		struct backlight_device *device;
 	} backlight;
+
+	void (*backlight_power)(struct intel_connector *, bool enable);
 };
 
 struct intel_connector {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
index 59b028f..af54356 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->backlight_lock, flags);
 
+	if (panel->backlight.device)
+		panel->backlight.device->props.power = FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN;
 	panel->backlight.enabled = false;
 	dev_priv->display.disable_backlight(connector);
 
@@ -957,6 +959,8 @@
 
 	dev_priv->display.enable_backlight(connector);
 	panel->backlight.enabled = true;
+	if (panel->backlight.device)
+		panel->backlight.device->props.power = FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_priv->backlight_lock, flags);
 }
@@ -965,6 +969,7 @@
 static int intel_backlight_device_update_status(struct backlight_device *bd)
 {
 	struct intel_connector *connector = bl_get_data(bd);
+	struct intel_panel *panel = &connector->panel;
 	struct drm_device *dev = connector->base.dev;
 
 	drm_modeset_lock(&dev->mode_config.connection_mutex, NULL);
@@ -972,6 +977,22 @@
 		      bd->props.brightness, bd->props.max_brightness);
 	intel_panel_set_backlight(connector, bd->props.brightness,
 				  bd->props.max_brightness);
+
+	/*
+	 * Allow flipping bl_power as a sub-state of enabled. Sadly the
+	 * backlight class device does not make it easy to to differentiate
+	 * between callbacks for brightness and bl_power, so our backlight_power
+	 * callback needs to take this into account.
+	 */
+	if (panel->backlight.enabled) {
+		if (panel->backlight_power) {
+			bool enable = bd->props.power == FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
+			panel->backlight_power(connector, enable);
+		}
+	} else {
+		bd->props.power = FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN;
+	}
+
 	drm_modeset_unlock(&dev->mode_config.connection_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1023,6 +1044,11 @@
 					    panel->backlight.level,
 					    props.max_brightness);
 
+	if (panel->backlight.enabled)
+		props.power = FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
+	else
+		props.power = FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN;
+
 	/*
 	 * Note: using the same name independent of the connector prevents
 	 * registration of multiple backlight devices in the driver.