diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index b1e9027a4f80..1af54717fa81 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -567,9 +567,7 @@ static int i915_load_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (i915_inject_load_failure())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	ret = intel_bios_init(dev_priv);
-	if (ret)
-		DRM_INFO("failed to find VBIOS tables\n");
+	intel_bios_init(dev_priv);
 
 	/* If we have > 1 VGA cards, then we need to arbitrate access
 	 * to the common VGA resources.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 7298b3035df1..6a1c4319f86f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -3714,7 +3714,7 @@ static inline bool intel_gmbus_is_forced_bit(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
 extern void intel_i2c_reset(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 
 /* intel_bios.c */
-int intel_bios_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
+void intel_bios_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 bool intel_bios_is_valid_vbt(const void *buf, size_t size);
 bool intel_bios_is_tv_present(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
 bool intel_bios_is_lvds_present(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, u8 *i2c_pin);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.c
index e144f033f4b5..710988d72253 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_bios.c
@@ -1462,36 +1462,35 @@ static const struct vbt_header *find_vbt(void __iomem *bios, size_t size)
  * intel_bios_init - find VBT and initialize settings from the BIOS
  * @dev_priv: i915 device instance
  *
- * Loads the Video BIOS and checks that the VBT exists.  Sets scratch registers
- * to appropriate values.
- *
- * Returns 0 on success, nonzero on failure.
+ * Parse and initialize settings from the Video BIOS Tables (VBT). If the VBT
+ * was not found in ACPI OpRegion, try to find it in PCI ROM first. Also
+ * initialize some defaults if the VBT is not present at all.
  */
-int
-intel_bios_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+void intel_bios_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = dev_priv->drm.pdev;
 	const struct vbt_header *vbt = dev_priv->opregion.vbt;
 	const struct bdb_header *bdb;
 	u8 __iomem *bios = NULL;
 
-	if (HAS_PCH_NOP(dev_priv))
-		return -ENODEV;
+	if (HAS_PCH_NOP(dev_priv)) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Skipping VBT init due to disabled display.\n");
+		return;
+	}
 
 	init_vbt_defaults(dev_priv);
 
+	/* If the OpRegion does not have VBT, look in PCI ROM. */
 	if (!vbt) {
 		size_t size;
 
 		bios = pci_map_rom(pdev, &size);
 		if (!bios)
-			return -1;
+			goto out;
 
 		vbt = find_vbt(bios, size);
-		if (!vbt) {
-			pci_unmap_rom(pdev, bios);
-			return -1;
-		}
+		if (!vbt)
+			goto out;
 
 		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Found valid VBT in PCI ROM\n");
 	}
@@ -1516,10 +1515,12 @@ intel_bios_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	parse_mipi_sequence(dev_priv, bdb);
 	parse_ddi_ports(dev_priv, bdb);
 
+out:
+	if (!vbt)
+		DRM_INFO("Failed to find VBIOS tables (VBT)\n");
+
 	if (bios)
 		pci_unmap_rom(pdev, bios);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /**