diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
index 4bd2747d9c92..a65a8d508dc9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ void intel_csr_load_program(struct drm_device *dev)
 	 * Unfortunately the ACPI subsystem doesn't yet give us a way to
 	 * differentiate this, hence figure it out with this hack.
 	 */
-	if (I915_READ(CSR_PROGRAM(0)))
+	if ((!dev_priv->csr.dmc_payload) || I915_READ(CSR_PROGRAM(0)))
 		return;
 
 	fw_size = dev_priv->csr.dmc_fw_size;