diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 055d5e7fbf12..b8bd0080603e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ static int __i915_drm_thaw(struct drm_device *dev, bool restore_gtt_mappings)
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
+		/* We need working interrupts for modeset enabling ... */
 		intel_runtime_pm_restore_interrupts(dev);
 
 		intel_modeset_init_hw(dev);