diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_types.h
index 7054a37363fb..d4a57bce71b1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_types.h
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ struct intel_panel {
 			struct {
 				u8 pwmgen_bit_count;
 				u8 pwm_freq_pre_divider;
+				bool lsb_reg_used;
+				bool aux_enable;
 			} vesa;
 			struct {
 				bool sdr_uses_aux;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
index 1ab82933afb5..1d31c33f4867 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_aux_backlight.c
@@ -270,13 +270,14 @@ intel_dp_aux_hdr_setup_backlight(struct intel_connector *connector, enum pipe pi
 }
 
 /* VESA backlight callbacks */
-static void set_vesa_backlight_enable(struct intel_dp *intel_dp, bool enable)
+static void set_vesa_backlight_enable(struct intel_connector *connector, bool enable)
 {
+	struct intel_dp *intel_dp = intel_attached_dp(connector);
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = dp_to_i915(intel_dp);
 	u8 reg_val = 0;
 
 	/* Early return when display use other mechanism to enable backlight. */
-	if (!(intel_dp->edp_dpcd[1] & DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_AUX_ENABLE_CAP))
+	if (!connector->panel.backlight.edp.vesa.aux_enable)
 		return;
 
 	if (drm_dp_dpcd_readb(&intel_dp->aux, DP_EDP_DISPLAY_CONTROL_REGISTER, &reg_val) != 1) {
@@ -339,9 +340,11 @@ static u32 intel_dp_aux_vesa_get_backlight(struct intel_connector *connector, en
 			    DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_BRIGHTNESS_MSB);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	level = read_val[0];
-	if (intel_dp->edp_dpcd[2] & DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_BRIGHTNESS_BYTE_COUNT)
+
+	if (connector->panel.backlight.edp.vesa.lsb_reg_used)
 		level = (read_val[0] << 8 | read_val[1]);
+	else
+		level = read_val[0];
 
 	return level;
 }
@@ -359,13 +362,14 @@ intel_dp_aux_vesa_set_backlight(const struct drm_connector_state *conn_state,
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = dp_to_i915(intel_dp);
 	u8 vals[2] = { 0x0 };
 
-	vals[0] = level;
-
 	/* Write the MSB and/or LSB */
-	if (intel_dp->edp_dpcd[2] & DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_BRIGHTNESS_BYTE_COUNT) {
+	if (connector->panel.backlight.edp.vesa.lsb_reg_used) {
 		vals[0] = (level & 0xFF00) >> 8;
 		vals[1] = (level & 0xFF);
+	} else {
+		vals[0] = level;
 	}
+
 	if (drm_dp_dpcd_write(&intel_dp->aux, DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_BRIGHTNESS_MSB, vals,
 			      sizeof(vals)) != sizeof(vals)) {
 		drm_dbg_kms(&i915->drm,
@@ -419,14 +423,13 @@ intel_dp_aux_vesa_enable_backlight(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state,
 	}
 
 	intel_dp_aux_vesa_set_backlight(conn_state, level);
-	set_vesa_backlight_enable(intel_dp, true);
+	set_vesa_backlight_enable(connector, true);
 }
 
 static void intel_dp_aux_vesa_disable_backlight(const struct drm_connector_state *old_conn_state,
 						u32 level)
 {
-	set_vesa_backlight_enable(enc_to_intel_dp(to_intel_encoder(old_conn_state->best_encoder)),
-				  false);
+	set_vesa_backlight_enable(to_intel_connector(old_conn_state->connector), false);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -524,8 +527,14 @@ static u32 intel_dp_aux_vesa_calc_max_backlight(struct intel_connector *connecto
 static int intel_dp_aux_vesa_setup_backlight(struct intel_connector *connector,
 					     enum pipe pipe)
 {
+	struct intel_dp *intel_dp = intel_attached_dp(connector);
 	struct intel_panel *panel = &connector->panel;
 
+	if (intel_dp->edp_dpcd[1] & DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_AUX_ENABLE_CAP)
+		panel->backlight.edp.vesa.aux_enable = true;
+	if (intel_dp->edp_dpcd[2] & DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_BRIGHTNESS_BYTE_COUNT)
+		panel->backlight.edp.vesa.lsb_reg_used = true;
+
 	panel->backlight.max = intel_dp_aux_vesa_calc_max_backlight(connector);
 	if (!panel->backlight.max)
 		return -ENODEV;