diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index ee1d701317f..5a1ae9f06cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -7238,8 +7238,6 @@ static void intel_setup_outputs(struct drm_device *dev)
 			intel_encoder_clones(dev, encoder->clone_mask);
 	}
 
-	intel_panel_setup_backlight(dev);
-
 	/* disable all the possible outputs/crtcs before entering KMS mode */
 	drm_helper_disable_unused_functions(dev);
 }