diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
index dfed265..d4a49016 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/aclocal.h
@@ -931,19 +931,6 @@
 
 /* Structs and definitions for _OSI support and I/O port validation */
 
-#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_2000               0x01
-#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_XP                 0x02
-#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_XP_SP1             0x03
-#define ACPI_OSI_WINSRV_2003            0x04
-#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_XP_SP2             0x05
-#define ACPI_OSI_WINSRV_2003_SP1        0x06
-#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_VISTA              0x07
-#define ACPI_OSI_WINSRV_2008            0x08
-#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_VISTA_SP1          0x09
-#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_VISTA_SP2          0x0A
-#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_7                  0x0B
-#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_8                  0x0C
-
 #define ACPI_ALWAYS_ILLEGAL             0x00
 
 struct acpi_interface_info {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index 3a50a34..227aca7 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -164,4 +164,15 @@
 int acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
 				const struct acpi_device_id *id);
 
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+					Video
+  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+#if defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO) || defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO_MODULE)
+bool acpi_video_backlight_quirks(void);
+bool acpi_video_verify_backlight_support(void);
+#else
+static inline bool acpi_video_backlight_quirks(void) { return false; }
+static inline bool acpi_video_verify_backlight_support(void) { return false; }
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _ACPI_INTERNAL_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c
index e441876..6dd237e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
 #include <acpi/video.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 #define PREFIX "ACPI: "
 
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_BUS_NAME		"Video Bus"
@@ -906,7 +908,10 @@
 		device->cap._DDC = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (acpi_video_backlight_support()) {
+	if (acpi_video_init_brightness(device))
+		return;
+
+	if (acpi_video_verify_backlight_support()) {
 		struct backlight_properties props;
 		struct pci_dev *pdev;
 		acpi_handle acpi_parent;
@@ -915,9 +920,6 @@
 		static int count = 0;
 		char *name;
 
-		result = acpi_video_init_brightness(device);
-		if (result)
-			return;
 		name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "acpi_video%d", count);
 		if (!name)
 			return;
@@ -977,6 +979,11 @@
 		if (result)
 			printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Create sysfs link\n");
 
+	} else {
+		/* Remove the brightness object. */
+		kfree(device->brightness->levels);
+		kfree(device->brightness);
+		device->brightness = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1359,8 +1366,8 @@
 	unsigned long long level_current, level_next;
 	int result = -EINVAL;
 
-	/* no warning message if acpi_backlight=vendor is used */
-	if (!acpi_video_backlight_support())
+	/* no warning message if acpi_backlight=vendor or a quirk is used */
+	if (!acpi_video_verify_backlight_support())
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!device->brightness)
@@ -1540,14 +1547,20 @@
 
 /* acpi_video interface */
 
+/*
+ * Win8 requires setting bit2 of _DOS to let firmware know it shouldn't
+ * preform any automatic brightness change on receiving a notification.
+ */
 static int acpi_video_bus_start_devices(struct acpi_video_bus *video)
 {
-	return acpi_video_bus_DOS(video, 0, 0);
+	return acpi_video_bus_DOS(video, 0,
+				  acpi_video_backlight_quirks() ? 1 : 0);
 }
 
 static int acpi_video_bus_stop_devices(struct acpi_video_bus *video)
 {
-	return acpi_video_bus_DOS(video, 0, 1);
+	return acpi_video_bus_DOS(video, 0,
+				  acpi_video_backlight_quirks() ? 0 : 1);
 }
 
 static void acpi_video_bus_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event)
@@ -1862,6 +1875,46 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static acpi_status video_unregister_backlight(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl,
+					      void *context, void **rv)
+{
+	struct acpi_device *acpi_dev;
+	struct acpi_video_bus *video;
+	struct acpi_video_device *dev, *next;
+
+	if (acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &acpi_dev))
+		return AE_OK;
+
+	if (acpi_match_device_ids(acpi_dev, video_device_ids))
+		return AE_OK;
+
+	video = acpi_driver_data(acpi_dev);
+	if (!video)
+		return AE_OK;
+
+	acpi_video_bus_stop_devices(video);
+	mutex_lock(&video->device_list_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, next, &video->video_device_list, entry) {
+		if (dev->backlight) {
+			backlight_device_unregister(dev->backlight);
+			dev->backlight = NULL;
+			kfree(dev->brightness->levels);
+			kfree(dev->brightness);
+		}
+		if (dev->cooling_dev) {
+			sysfs_remove_link(&dev->dev->dev.kobj,
+					  "thermal_cooling");
+			sysfs_remove_link(&dev->cooling_dev->device.kobj,
+					  "device");
+			thermal_cooling_device_unregister(dev->cooling_dev);
+			dev->cooling_dev = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&video->device_list_lock);
+	acpi_video_bus_start_devices(video);
+	return AE_OK;
+}
+
 static int __init is_i740(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	if (dev->device == 0x00D1)
@@ -1893,14 +1946,25 @@
 	return opregion;
 }
 
-int acpi_video_register(void)
+int __acpi_video_register(bool backlight_quirks)
 {
-	int result = 0;
+	bool no_backlight;
+	int result;
+
+	no_backlight = backlight_quirks ? acpi_video_backlight_quirks() : false;
+
 	if (register_count) {
 		/*
-		 * if the function of acpi_video_register is already called,
-		 * don't register the acpi_vide_bus again and return no error.
+		 * If acpi_video_register() has been called already, don't try
+		 * to register acpi_video_bus, but unregister backlight devices
+		 * if no backlight support is requested.
 		 */
+		if (no_backlight)
+			acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE, ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
+					    ACPI_UINT32_MAX,
+					    video_unregister_backlight,
+					    NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1916,7 +1980,7 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_register);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__acpi_video_register);
 
 void acpi_video_unregister(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
index e6bd910..826e52d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 #define PREFIX "ACPI: "
 
 ACPI_MODULE_NAME("video");
@@ -234,6 +236,17 @@
 		acpi_video_get_capabilities(NULL);
 }
 
+bool acpi_video_backlight_quirks(void)
+{
+	if (acpi_gbl_osi_data >= ACPI_OSI_WIN_8) {
+		acpi_video_caps_check();
+		acpi_video_support |= ACPI_VIDEO_SKIP_BACKLIGHT;
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_backlight_quirks);
+
 /* Promote the vendor interface instead of the generic video module.
  * This function allow DMI blacklists to be implemented by externals
  * platform drivers instead of putting a big blacklist in video_detect.c
@@ -278,6 +291,14 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_backlight_support);
 
+/* For the ACPI video driver use only. */
+bool acpi_video_verify_backlight_support(void)
+{
+	return (acpi_video_support & ACPI_VIDEO_SKIP_BACKLIGHT) ?
+		false : acpi_video_backlight_support();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_verify_backlight_support);
+
 /*
  * Use acpi_backlight=vendor/video to force that backlight switching
  * is processed by vendor specific acpi drivers or video.ko driver.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index adb319b..cf188ab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@
 	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->num_pipes) {
 		/* Must be done after probing outputs */
 		intel_opregion_init(dev);
-		acpi_video_register();
+		acpi_video_register_with_quirks();
 	}
 
 	if (IS_GEN5(dev))
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpixf.h b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
index 1b09300..22d497e 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpixf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 extern struct acpi_table_fadt acpi_gbl_FADT;
 extern u8 acpi_gbl_system_awake_and_running;
 extern u8 acpi_gbl_reduced_hardware;	/* ACPI 5.0 */
+extern u8 acpi_gbl_osi_data;
 
 /* Runtime configuration of debug print levels */
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index a64adcc..22b03c9 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -1144,4 +1144,19 @@
 #endif
 };
 
+/* Definitions for _OSI support */
+
+#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_2000               0x01
+#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_XP                 0x02
+#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_XP_SP1             0x03
+#define ACPI_OSI_WINSRV_2003            0x04
+#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_XP_SP2             0x05
+#define ACPI_OSI_WINSRV_2003_SP1        0x06
+#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_VISTA              0x07
+#define ACPI_OSI_WINSRV_2008            0x08
+#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_VISTA_SP1          0x09
+#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_VISTA_SP2          0x0A
+#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_7                  0x0B
+#define ACPI_OSI_WIN_8                  0x0C
+
 #endif				/* __ACTYPES_H__ */
diff --git a/include/acpi/video.h b/include/acpi/video.h
index 61109f2..b26dc4f 100644
--- a/include/acpi/video.h
+++ b/include/acpi/video.h
@@ -17,12 +17,21 @@
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_DISPLAY_LEGACY_TV      0x0200
 
 #if (defined CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO || defined CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO_MODULE)
-extern int acpi_video_register(void);
+extern int __acpi_video_register(bool backlight_quirks);
+static inline int acpi_video_register(void)
+{
+	return __acpi_video_register(false);
+}
+static inline int acpi_video_register_with_quirks(void)
+{
+	return __acpi_video_register(true);
+}
 extern void acpi_video_unregister(void);
 extern int acpi_video_get_edid(struct acpi_device *device, int type,
 			       int device_id, void **edid);
 #else
 static inline int acpi_video_register(void) { return 0; }
+static inline int acpi_video_register_with_quirks(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void acpi_video_unregister(void) { return; }
 static inline int acpi_video_get_edid(struct acpi_device *device, int type,
 				      int device_id, void **edid)
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 353ba25..6ad72f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_BACKLIGHT_DMI_VIDEO			0x0200
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_OUTPUT_SWITCHING_DMI_VENDOR		0x0400
 #define ACPI_VIDEO_OUTPUT_SWITCHING_DMI_VIDEO		0x0800
+#define ACPI_VIDEO_SKIP_BACKLIGHT			0x1000
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO) || defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO_MODULE)