return storm;
 }
 
-static void intel_hpd_irq_storm_disable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+static void
+intel_hpd_irq_storm_switch_to_polling(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
        struct drm_device *dev = &dev_priv->drm;
        struct intel_connector *intel_connector;
        hpd_event_bits = dev_priv->hotplug.event_bits;
        dev_priv->hotplug.event_bits = 0;
 
-       /* Disable hotplug on connectors that hit an irq storm. */
-       intel_hpd_irq_storm_disable(dev_priv);
+       /* Enable polling for connectors which had HPD IRQ storms */
+       intel_hpd_irq_storm_switch_to_polling(dev_priv);
 
        spin_unlock_irq(&dev_priv->irq_lock);
 
                }
        }
 
+       /*
+        * Disable any IRQs that storms were detected on. Polling enablement
+        * happens later in our hotplug work.
+        */
        if (storm_detected && dev_priv->display_irqs_enabled)
                dev_priv->display.hpd_irq_setup(dev_priv);
        spin_unlock(&dev_priv->irq_lock);