diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
index 6992915f8642..9a1a347146dd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
@@ -1772,6 +1772,9 @@ static void intel_dp_prepare(struct intel_encoder *encoder)
 #define IDLE_CYCLE_MASK		(PP_ON | PP_SEQUENCE_MASK | PP_CYCLE_DELAY_ACTIVE | PP_SEQUENCE_STATE_MASK)
 #define IDLE_CYCLE_VALUE	(0     | PP_SEQUENCE_NONE | 0                     | PP_SEQUENCE_STATE_OFF_IDLE)
 
+static void intel_pps_verify_state(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
+				   struct intel_dp *intel_dp);
+
 static void wait_panel_status(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 				       u32 mask,
 				       u32 value)
@@ -1782,6 +1785,8 @@ static void wait_panel_status(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&dev_priv->pps_mutex);
 
+	intel_pps_verify_state(dev_priv, intel_dp);
+
 	pp_stat_reg = _pp_stat_reg(intel_dp);
 	pp_ctrl_reg = _pp_ctrl_reg(intel_dp);
 
@@ -4817,6 +4822,31 @@ intel_pps_readout_hw_state(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 	}
 }
 
+static void
+intel_pps_dump_state(const char *state_name, const struct edp_power_seq *seq)
+{
+	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("%s t1_t3 %d t8 %d t9 %d t10 %d t11_t12 %d\n",
+		      state_name,
+		      seq->t1_t3, seq->t8, seq->t9, seq->t10, seq->t11_t12);
+}
+
+static void
+intel_pps_verify_state(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
+		       struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
+{
+	struct edp_power_seq hw;
+	struct edp_power_seq *sw = &intel_dp->pps_delays;
+
+	intel_pps_readout_hw_state(dev_priv, intel_dp, &hw);
+
+	if (hw.t1_t3 != sw->t1_t3 || hw.t8 != sw->t8 || hw.t9 != sw->t9 ||
+	    hw.t10 != sw->t10 || hw.t11_t12 != sw->t11_t12) {
+		DRM_ERROR("PPS state mismatch\n");
+		intel_pps_dump_state("sw", sw);
+		intel_pps_dump_state("hw", &hw);
+	}
+}
+
 static void
 intel_dp_init_panel_power_sequencer(struct drm_device *dev,
 				    struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
@@ -4833,8 +4863,7 @@ intel_dp_init_panel_power_sequencer(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	intel_pps_readout_hw_state(dev_priv, intel_dp, &cur);
 
-	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("cur t1_t3 %d t8 %d t9 %d t10 %d t11_t12 %d\n",
-		      cur.t1_t3, cur.t8, cur.t9, cur.t10, cur.t11_t12);
+	intel_pps_dump_state("cur", &cur);
 
 	vbt = dev_priv->vbt.edp.pps;
 
@@ -4850,8 +4879,7 @@ intel_dp_init_panel_power_sequencer(struct drm_device *dev,
 	 * too. */
 	spec.t11_t12 = (510 + 100) * 10;
 
-	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("vbt t1_t3 %d t8 %d t9 %d t10 %d t11_t12 %d\n",
-		      vbt.t1_t3, vbt.t8, vbt.t9, vbt.t10, vbt.t11_t12);
+	intel_pps_dump_state("vbt", &vbt);
 
 	/* Use the max of the register settings and vbt. If both are
 	 * unset, fall back to the spec limits. */
@@ -4879,6 +4907,16 @@ intel_dp_init_panel_power_sequencer(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("backlight on delay %d, off delay %d\n",
 		      intel_dp->backlight_on_delay, intel_dp->backlight_off_delay);
+
+	/*
+	 * We override the HW backlight delays to 1 because we do manual waits
+	 * on them. For T8, even BSpec recommends doing it. For T9, if we
+	 * don't do this, we'll end up waiting for the backlight off delay
+	 * twice: once when we do the manual sleep, and once when we disable
+	 * the panel and wait for the PP_STATUS bit to become zero.
+	 */
+	final->t8 = 1;
+	final->t9 = 1;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -4896,17 +4934,9 @@ intel_dp_init_panel_power_sequencer_registers(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	intel_pps_get_registers(dev_priv, intel_dp, &regs);
 
-	/*
-	 * And finally store the new values in the power sequencer. The
-	 * backlight delays are set to 1 because we do manual waits on them. For
-	 * T8, even BSpec recommends doing it. For T9, if we don't do this,
-	 * we'll end up waiting for the backlight off delay twice: once when we
-	 * do the manual sleep, and once when we disable the panel and wait for
-	 * the PP_STATUS bit to become zero.
-	 */
 	pp_on = (seq->t1_t3 << PANEL_POWER_UP_DELAY_SHIFT) |
-		(1 << PANEL_LIGHT_ON_DELAY_SHIFT);
-	pp_off = (1 << PANEL_LIGHT_OFF_DELAY_SHIFT) |
+		(seq->t8 << PANEL_LIGHT_ON_DELAY_SHIFT);
+	pp_off = (seq->t9 << PANEL_LIGHT_OFF_DELAY_SHIFT) |
 		 (seq->t10 << PANEL_POWER_DOWN_DELAY_SHIFT);
 	/* Compute the divisor for the pp clock, simply match the Bspec
 	 * formula. */