static struct nouveau_dsm_priv {
        bool dsm_detected;
        bool optimus_detected;
+       bool optimus_flags_detected;
        acpi_handle dhandle;
        acpi_handle rom_handle;
 } nouveau_dsm_priv;
 };
 
 static void nouveau_dsm_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, acpi_handle *dhandle_out,
-                                 bool *has_mux, bool *has_opt)
+                                 bool *has_mux, bool *has_opt,
+                                 bool *has_opt_flags)
 {
        acpi_handle dhandle;
        bool supports_mux;
        *dhandle_out = dhandle;
        *has_mux = supports_mux;
        *has_opt = !!optimus_funcs;
+       *has_opt_flags = optimus_funcs & (1 << NOUVEAU_DSM_OPTIMUS_FLAGS);
 
        if (optimus_funcs) {
                uint32_t result;
        acpi_handle dhandle = NULL;
        bool has_mux = false;
        bool has_optimus = false;
+       bool has_optimus_flags = false;
        int vga_count = 0;
        bool guid_valid;
        bool ret = false;
        while ((pdev = pci_get_class(PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA << 8, pdev)) != NULL) {
                vga_count++;
 
-               nouveau_dsm_pci_probe(pdev, &dhandle, &has_mux, &has_optimus);
+               nouveau_dsm_pci_probe(pdev, &dhandle, &has_mux, &has_optimus,
+                                     &has_optimus_flags);
        }
 
        while ((pdev = pci_get_class(PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_3D << 8, pdev)) != NULL) {
                vga_count++;
 
-               nouveau_dsm_pci_probe(pdev, &dhandle, &has_mux, &has_optimus);
+               nouveau_dsm_pci_probe(pdev, &dhandle, &has_mux, &has_optimus,
+                                     &has_optimus_flags);
        }
 
        /* find the optimus DSM or the old v1 DSM */
                printk(KERN_INFO "VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method %s handle\n",
                        acpi_method_name);
                nouveau_dsm_priv.optimus_detected = true;
+               nouveau_dsm_priv.optimus_flags_detected = has_optimus_flags;
                ret = true;
        } else if (vga_count == 2 && has_mux && guid_valid) {
                nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle = dhandle;
        if (!nouveau_dsm_priv.optimus_detected)
                return;
 
-       nouveau_optimus_dsm(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, NOUVEAU_DSM_OPTIMUS_FLAGS,
-                           0x3, &result);
+       if (nouveau_dsm_priv.optimus_flags_detected)
+               nouveau_optimus_dsm(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, NOUVEAU_DSM_OPTIMUS_FLAGS,
+                                   0x3, &result);
 
        nouveau_optimus_dsm(nouveau_dsm_priv.dhandle, NOUVEAU_DSM_OPTIMUS_CAPS,
                NOUVEAU_DSM_OPTIMUS_SET_POWERDOWN, &result);