diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_params.c
index 024de8abcb1a..dc666aefa362 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_params.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_params.c
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ intel_display_param_named_unsafe(enable_psr2_sel_fetch, bool, 0400,
 	"(0=disabled, 1=enabled) "
 	"Default: 1");
 
-intel_display_param_named_unsafe(enable_dmc_wl, bool, 0400,
+intel_display_param_named_unsafe(enable_dmc_wl, int, 0400,
 	"Enable DMC wakelock "
-	"(0=disabled, 1=enabled) "
-	"Default: 0");
+	"(-1=use per-chip default, 0=disabled, 1=enabled) "
+	"Default: -1");
 
 __maybe_unused
 static void _param_print_bool(struct drm_printer *p, const char *driver_name,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_params.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_params.h
index dcb6face936a..5317138e6044 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_params.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_params.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct drm_printer;
 	param(int, enable_psr, -1, 0600) \
 	param(bool, psr_safest_params, false, 0400) \
 	param(bool, enable_psr2_sel_fetch, true, 0400) \
-	param(bool, enable_dmc_wl, false, 0400) \
+	param(int, enable_dmc_wl, -1, 0400) \
 
 #define MEMBER(T, member, ...) T member;
 struct intel_display_params {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dmc_wl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dmc_wl.c
index c164ac6e1ada..853d75610489 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dmc_wl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dmc_wl.c
@@ -270,7 +270,11 @@ static bool __intel_dmc_wl_supported(struct intel_display *display)
 static void intel_dmc_wl_sanitize_param(struct intel_display *display)
 {
 	if (!HAS_DMC_WAKELOCK(display))
-		display->params.enable_dmc_wl = false;
+		display->params.enable_dmc_wl = 0;
+	else if (display->params.enable_dmc_wl >= 0)
+		display->params.enable_dmc_wl = !!display->params.enable_dmc_wl;
+	else
+		display->params.enable_dmc_wl = DISPLAY_VER(display) >= 30;
 
 	drm_dbg_kms(display->drm, "Sanitized enable_dmc_wl value: %d\n",
 		    display->params.enable_dmc_wl);