diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
index 97b711e57bff..c7a6d0b69dab 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
@@ -1984,6 +1984,7 @@ static int instance;
 static int acpi_video_bus_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 {
 	struct acpi_video_bus *video;
+	bool auto_detect;
 	int error;
 	acpi_status status;
 
@@ -2045,10 +2046,20 @@ static int acpi_video_bus_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	mutex_unlock(&video_list_lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * The userspace visible backlight_device gets registered separately
-	 * from acpi_video_register_backlight().
+	 * If backlight-type auto-detection is used then a native backlight may
+	 * show up later and this may change the result from video to native.
+	 * Therefor normally the userspace visible /sys/class/backlight device
+	 * gets registered separately by the GPU driver calling
+	 * acpi_video_register_backlight() when an internal panel is detected.
+	 * Register the backlight now when not using auto-detection, so that
+	 * when the kernel cmdline or DMI-quirks are used the backlight will
+	 * get registered even if acpi_video_register_backlight() is not called.
 	 */
 	acpi_video_run_bcl_for_osi(video);
+	if (__acpi_video_get_backlight_type(false, &auto_detect) == acpi_backlight_video &&
+	    !auto_detect)
+		acpi_video_bus_register_backlight(video);
+
 	acpi_video_bus_add_notify_handler(video);
 
 	return 0;