diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
index 5e2c5685b4dd..c47000001f31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
@@ -173,6 +173,23 @@ static const struct backlight_ops nva3_bl_ops = {
 	.update_status = nva3_set_intensity,
 };
 
+int
+nouveau_backlight_config(struct nouveau_drm *drm)
+{
+	struct backlight_device *bd = drm->backlight;
+	struct nvif_object *device = &drm->client.device.object;
+	struct nouveau_encoder *nv_encoder = bl_get_data(bd);
+	int or = ffs(nv_encoder->dcb->or) - 1;
+
+	if (drm->client.device.info.chipset <= 0xa0 ||
+	    drm->client.device.info.chipset == 0xaa ||
+	    drm->client.device.info.chipset == 0xac)
+		nvif_wr32(device, NV50_PDISP_SOR_PWM_DIV(or), 0x5e);
+
+	return 0;
+
+}
+
 static int
 nv50_backlight_init(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
index 9e16deffba86..1c397d1c32dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
@@ -740,6 +740,10 @@ nouveau_display_resume(struct drm_device *dev, bool runtime)
 
 	if (dev->mode_config.funcs->atomic_commit) {
 		nouveau_display_init(dev);
+		/* configure backlight params */
+		if (drm->backlight) {
+			nouveau_backlight_config(drm);
+		}
 		if (disp->suspend) {
 			drm_atomic_helper_resume(dev, disp->suspend);
 			disp->suspend = NULL;
@@ -774,6 +778,12 @@ nouveau_display_resume(struct drm_device *dev, bool runtime)
 
 	nouveau_display_init(dev);
 
+	/* configure backlight params */
+	if (drm->backlight) {
+		nouveau_backlight_config(drm);
+	}
+
+
 	/* Force CLUT to get re-loaded during modeset */
 	list_for_each_entry(crtc, &dev->mode_config.crtc_list, head) {
 		struct nouveau_crtc *nv_crtc = nouveau_crtc(crtc);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.h
index ecdc0a3a8d32..44e5bd90f06b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ void nouveau_hdmi_mode_set(struct drm_encoder *, struct drm_display_mode *);
 int nouveau_crtc_set_config(struct drm_mode_set *set);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU_BACKLIGHT
 extern int nouveau_backlight_init(struct drm_device *);
+extern int nouveau_backlight_config(struct nouveau_drm *);
 extern void nouveau_backlight_exit(struct drm_device *);
 #else
 static inline int
@@ -101,6 +102,12 @@ nouveau_backlight_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int
+nouveau_backlight_config(struct nouveau_drm *connector)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline void
 nouveau_backlight_exit(struct drm_device *dev) {
 }