diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/gma.c b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/gma.c
index 2751b3a..01b0e15 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/gma.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/gma.c
@@ -630,8 +630,10 @@
 	/* Post VBIOS init */
 	gma_pm_init_post_vbios(dev);
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT) ||
-	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MAINBOARD_USE_LIBGFXINIT)) {
+	/* Running graphics init on S3 breaks Linux drm driver. */
+	if (!acpi_is_wakeup_s3() &&
+	    (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT) ||
+	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MAINBOARD_USE_LIBGFXINIT))) {
 		/* This should probably run before post VBIOS init. */
 		printk(BIOS_SPEW, "Initializing VGA without OPROM.\n");
 		u8 *mmiobase;