PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(pipe_src_w);
        PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(pipe_src_h);
 
-       PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.control);
-       /* pfit ratios are autocomputed by the hw on gen4+ */
-       if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen < 4)
-               PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.pgm_ratios);
-       PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.lvds_border_bits);
+       /*
+        * FIXME: BIOS likes to set up a cloned config with lvds+external
+        * screen. Since we don't yet re-compute the pipe config when moving
+        * just the lvds port away to another pipe the sw tracking won't match.
+        *
+        * Proper atomic modesets with recomputed global state will fix this.
+        * Until then just don't check gmch state for inherited modes.
+        */
+       if (!PIPE_CONF_QUIRK(PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_INHERITED_MODE)) {
+               PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.control);
+               /* pfit ratios are autocomputed by the hw on gen4+ */
+               if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen < 4)
+                       PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.pgm_ratios);
+               PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(gmch_pfit.lvds_border_bits);
+       }
+
        PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(pch_pfit.enabled);
        if (current_config->pch_pfit.enabled) {
                PIPE_CONF_CHECK_I(pch_pfit.pos);
                            base.head) {
                memset(&crtc->config, 0, sizeof(crtc->config));
 
+               crtc->config.quirks |= PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_INHERITED_MODE;
+
                crtc->active = dev_priv->display.get_pipe_config(crtc,
                                                                 &crtc->config);
 
 
         * tracked with quirk flags so that fastboot and state checker can act
         * accordingly.
         */
-#define PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_MODE_SYNC_FLAGS (1<<0) /* unreliable sync mode.flags */
+#define PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_MODE_SYNC_FLAGS      (1<<0) /* unreliable sync mode.flags */
+#define PIPE_CONFIG_QUIRK_INHERITED_MODE       (1<<1) /* mode inherited from firmware */
        unsigned long quirks;
 
        /* User requested mode, only valid as a starting point to