diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/pci/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/pci/base.c
index 4896474da320..3021fcd0a3df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/pci/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/pci/base.c
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ nvkm_pci_init(struct nvkm_subdev *subdev)
 		return ret;
 
 	pci->irq = pdev->irq;
+
+	/* Ensure MSI interrupts are armed, for the case where there are
+	 * already interrupts pending (for whatever reason) at load time.
+	 */
+	if (pci->msi)
+		pci->func->msi_rearm(pci);
+
 	return ret;
 }