diff -u a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.h
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.h	2012-01-27 09:16:00.000000000 +0300
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bios.h	2012-01-28 22:41:16.000000000 +0300
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 int bit_table(struct drm_device *, u8 id, struct bit_entry *);
 
 enum dcb_gpio_tag {
+	DCB_GPIO_PANEL_POWER = 0x1,
 	DCB_GPIO_TVDAC0 = 0xc,
 	DCB_GPIO_TVDAC1 = 0x2d,
 	DCB_GPIO_PWM_FAN = 0x9,
diff -u a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c	2012-01-27 09:16:00.000000000 +0300
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c	2012-01-28 22:41:10.000000000 +0300
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
 
 	drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(dev);
 
+	if (!nouveau_gpio_func_set(dev, DCB_GPIO_PANEL_POWER, true))
+		msleep(300);
+
 	/* enable hotplug interrupts */
 	list_for_each_entry(connector, &dev->mode_config.connector_list, head) {
 		struct nouveau_connector *conn = nouveau_connector(connector);