diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
index fb49b8f4523a..cc9d0d91e268 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
@@ -537,16 +537,6 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id video_detect_dmi_table[] = {
 /*
  * Determine which type of backlight interface to use on this system,
  * First check cmdline, then dmi quirks, then do autodetect.
- *
- * The autodetect order is:
- * 1) Is the acpi-video backlight interface supported ->
- *  no, use a vendor interface
- * 2) Is this a win8 "ready" BIOS and do we have a native interface ->
- *  yes, use a native interface
- * 3) Else use the acpi-video interface
- *
- * Arguably the native on win8 check should be done first, but that would
- * be a behavior change, which may causes issues.
  */
 static enum acpi_backlight_type __acpi_video_get_backlight_type(bool native)
 {
@@ -569,19 +559,36 @@ static enum acpi_backlight_type __acpi_video_get_backlight_type(bool native)
 		native_available = true;
 	mutex_unlock(&init_mutex);
 
+	/*
+	 * The below heuristics / detection steps are in order of descending
+	 * presedence. The commandline takes presedence over anything else.
+	 */
 	if (acpi_backlight_cmdline != acpi_backlight_undef)
 		return acpi_backlight_cmdline;
 
+	/* DMI quirks override any autodetection. */
 	if (acpi_backlight_dmi != acpi_backlight_undef)
 		return acpi_backlight_dmi;
 
-	if (!(video_caps & ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT))
-		return acpi_backlight_vendor;
+	/* On systems with ACPI video use either native or ACPI video. */
+	if (video_caps & ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT) {
+		/*
+		 * Windows 8 and newer no longer use the ACPI video interface,
+		 * so it often does not work. If the ACPI tables are written
+		 * for win8 and native brightness ctl is available, use that.
+		 *
+		 * The native check deliberately is inside the if acpi-video
+		 * block on older devices without acpi-video support native
+		 * is usually not the best choice.
+		 */
+		if (acpi_osi_is_win8() && native_available)
+			return acpi_backlight_native;
+		else
+			return acpi_backlight_video;
+	}
 
-	if (acpi_osi_is_win8() && native_available)
-		return acpi_backlight_native;
-
-	return acpi_backlight_video;
+	/* No ACPI video (old hw), use vendor specific fw methods. */
+	return acpi_backlight_vendor;
 }
 
 enum acpi_backlight_type acpi_video_get_backlight_type(void)