diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
index 0189d379a55e..67a55cfa5354 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ static void ilk_enable_pch_transcoder(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 		val |= TRANS_CHICKEN2_TIMING_OVERRIDE;
 		/* Configure frame start delay to match the CPU */
 		val &= ~TRANS_CHICKEN2_FRAME_START_DELAY_MASK;
-		val |= TRANS_CHICKEN2_FRAME_START_DELAY(0);
+		val |= TRANS_CHICKEN2_FRAME_START_DELAY(dev_priv->framestart_delay);
 		intel_de_write(dev_priv, reg, val);
 	}
 
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ static void ilk_enable_pch_transcoder(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 	if (HAS_PCH_IBX(dev_priv)) {
 		/* Configure frame start delay to match the CPU */
 		val &= ~TRANS_FRAME_START_DELAY_MASK;
-		val |= TRANS_FRAME_START_DELAY(0);
+		val |= TRANS_FRAME_START_DELAY(dev_priv->framestart_delay);
 
 		/*
 		 * Make the BPC in transcoder be consistent with
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ static void lpt_enable_pch_transcoder(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 	val |= TRANS_CHICKEN2_TIMING_OVERRIDE;
 	/* Configure frame start delay to match the CPU */
 	val &= ~TRANS_CHICKEN2_FRAME_START_DELAY_MASK;
-	val |= TRANS_CHICKEN2_FRAME_START_DELAY(0);
+	val |= TRANS_CHICKEN2_FRAME_START_DELAY(dev_priv->framestart_delay);
 	intel_de_write(dev_priv, TRANS_CHICKEN2(PIPE_A), val);
 
 	val = TRANS_ENABLE;
@@ -6679,7 +6679,7 @@ static void hsw_set_frame_start_delay(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 
 	val = intel_de_read(dev_priv, reg);
 	val &= ~HSW_FRAME_START_DELAY_MASK;
-	val |= HSW_FRAME_START_DELAY(0);
+	val |= HSW_FRAME_START_DELAY(dev_priv->framestart_delay);
 	intel_de_write(dev_priv, reg, val);
 }
 
@@ -8741,7 +8741,7 @@ static void i9xx_set_pipeconf(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 
 	pipeconf |= PIPECONF_GAMMA_MODE(crtc_state->gamma_mode);
 
-	pipeconf |= PIPECONF_FRAME_START_DELAY(0);
+	pipeconf |= PIPECONF_FRAME_START_DELAY(dev_priv->framestart_delay);
 
 	intel_de_write(dev_priv, PIPECONF(crtc->pipe), pipeconf);
 	intel_de_posting_read(dev_priv, PIPECONF(crtc->pipe));
@@ -9850,7 +9850,7 @@ static void ilk_set_pipeconf(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
 
 	val |= PIPECONF_GAMMA_MODE(crtc_state->gamma_mode);
 
-	val |= PIPECONF_FRAME_START_DELAY(0);
+	val |= PIPECONF_FRAME_START_DELAY(dev_priv->framestart_delay);
 
 	intel_de_write(dev_priv, PIPECONF(pipe), val);
 	intel_de_posting_read(dev_priv, PIPECONF(pipe));
@@ -17153,6 +17153,8 @@ int intel_modeset_init_noirq(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	i915->flip_wq = alloc_workqueue("i915_flip", WQ_HIGHPRI |
 					WQ_UNBOUND, WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE);
 
+	i915->framestart_delay = 0; /* 0-3 */
+
 	intel_mode_config_init(i915);
 
 	ret = intel_cdclk_init(i915);
@@ -17487,7 +17489,7 @@ static void intel_sanitize_frame_start_delay(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc
 
 		val = intel_de_read(dev_priv, reg);
 		val &= ~HSW_FRAME_START_DELAY_MASK;
-		val |= HSW_FRAME_START_DELAY(0);
+		val |= HSW_FRAME_START_DELAY(dev_priv->framestart_delay);
 		intel_de_write(dev_priv, reg, val);
 	} else {
 		i915_reg_t reg = PIPECONF(cpu_transcoder);
@@ -17495,7 +17497,7 @@ static void intel_sanitize_frame_start_delay(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc
 
 		val = intel_de_read(dev_priv, reg);
 		val &= ~PIPECONF_FRAME_START_DELAY_MASK;
-		val |= PIPECONF_FRAME_START_DELAY(0);
+		val |= PIPECONF_FRAME_START_DELAY(dev_priv->framestart_delay);
 		intel_de_write(dev_priv, reg, val);
 	}
 
@@ -17508,7 +17510,7 @@ static void intel_sanitize_frame_start_delay(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc
 
 		val = intel_de_read(dev_priv, reg);
 		val &= ~TRANS_FRAME_START_DELAY_MASK;
-		val |= TRANS_FRAME_START_DELAY(0);
+		val |= TRANS_FRAME_START_DELAY(dev_priv->framestart_delay);
 		intel_de_write(dev_priv, reg, val);
 	} else {
 		enum pipe pch_transcoder = intel_crtc_pch_transcoder(crtc);
@@ -17517,7 +17519,7 @@ static void intel_sanitize_frame_start_delay(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc
 
 		val = intel_de_read(dev_priv, reg);
 		val &= ~TRANS_CHICKEN2_FRAME_START_DELAY_MASK;
-		val |= TRANS_CHICKEN2_FRAME_START_DELAY(0);
+		val |= TRANS_CHICKEN2_FRAME_START_DELAY(dev_priv->framestart_delay);
 		intel_de_write(dev_priv, reg, val);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 15e016194685..94a27e72b0a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1182,6 +1182,8 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 		struct file *mmap_singleton;
 	} gem;
 
+	u8 framestart_delay;
+
 	u8 pch_ssc_use;
 
 	/* For i915gm/i945gm vblank irq workaround */
