diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 22c8ab70db2..8f7187915b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -923,13 +923,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL and additional rights");
 
-/* We give fast paths for the really cool registers */
-#define NEEDS_FORCE_WAKE(dev_priv, reg) \
-	(((dev_priv)->info->gen >= 6) && \
-	 ((reg) < 0x40000) &&		 \
-	 ((reg) != FORCEWAKE) &&	 \
-	 ((reg) != ECOBUS))
-
 #define __i915_read(x, y) \
 u##x i915_read##x(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u32 reg) { \
 	u##x val = 0; \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 505af3f64a0..621840c05f0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1364,8 +1364,7 @@ void __gen6_gt_wait_for_fifo(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 #define NEEDS_FORCE_WAKE(dev_priv, reg) \
 	(((dev_priv)->info->gen >= 6) && \
 	 ((reg) < 0x40000) &&		 \
-	 ((reg) != FORCEWAKE) &&	 \
-	 ((reg) != ECOBUS))
+	 ((reg) != FORCEWAKE))
 
 #define __i915_read(x, y) \
 	u##x i915_read##x(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u32 reg);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index cb21d5bbecc..ff99fa267bf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -8591,9 +8591,15 @@ static void intel_init_display(struct drm_device *dev)
 		if (IS_IVYBRIDGE(dev)) {
 			u32	ecobus;
 
+			/* A small trick here - if the bios hasn't configured MT forcewake,
+			 * and if the device is in RC6, then force_wake_mt_get will not wake
+			 * the device and the ECOBUS read will return zero. Which will be
+			 * (correctly) interpreted by the test below as MT forcewake being
+			 * disabled.
+			 */
 			mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 			__gen6_gt_force_wake_mt_get(dev_priv);
-			ecobus = I915_READ(ECOBUS);
+			ecobus = I915_READ_NOTRACE(ECOBUS);
 			__gen6_gt_force_wake_mt_put(dev_priv);
 			mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);