diff --git a/src/backends/drm/drm_buffer.cpp b/src/backends/drm/drm_buffer.cpp
index 0f0b8b71f4..ea097232a9 100644
--- a/src/backends/drm/drm_buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/drm/drm_buffer.cpp
@@ -26,11 +26,19 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 
+static bool s_envIsSet = false;
+static bool s_disableBufferWait = qEnvironmentVariableIntValue("KWIN_DRM_DISABLE_BUFFER_READABILITY_CHECKS", &s_envIsSet) && s_envIsSet;
+
 DrmFramebuffer::DrmFramebuffer(DrmGpu *gpu, uint32_t fbId, GraphicsBuffer *buffer)
     : m_framebufferId(fbId)
     , m_gpu(gpu)
     , m_bufferRef(buffer)
 {
+    if (s_disableBufferWait || (m_gpu->isI915() && !s_envIsSet)) {
+        // buffer readability checks cause frames to be wrongly delayed on some Intel laptops
+        // See https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/9415
+        m_readable = true;
+    }
 }
 
 DrmFramebuffer::~DrmFramebuffer()
diff --git a/src/backends/drm/drm_gpu.cpp b/src/backends/drm/drm_gpu.cpp
index b83f5d7d21..e2dcf8c41b 100644
--- a/src/backends/drm/drm_gpu.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/drm/drm_gpu.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ DrmGpu::DrmGpu(DrmBackend *backend, const QString &devNode, int fd, dev_t device
     // find out what driver this kms device is using
     DrmUniquePtr<drmVersion> version(drmGetVersion(fd));
     m_isNVidia = strstr(version->name, "nvidia-drm");
+    m_isI915 = strstr(version->name, "i915");
     m_isVirtualMachine = strstr(version->name, "virtio") || strstr(version->name, "qxl")
         || strstr(version->name, "vmwgfx") || strstr(version->name, "vboxvideo");
 
@@ -690,6 +691,11 @@ bool DrmGpu::isNVidia() const
     return m_isNVidia;
 }
 
+bool DrmGpu::isI915() const
+{
+    return m_isI915;
+}
+
 bool DrmGpu::isRemoved() const
 {
     return m_isRemoved;
diff --git a/src/backends/drm/drm_gpu.h b/src/backends/drm/drm_gpu.h
index 27e546eea5..d91f8cad81 100644
--- a/src/backends/drm/drm_gpu.h
+++ b/src/backends/drm/drm_gpu.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public:
     bool addFB2ModifiersSupported() const;
     bool asyncPageflipSupported() const;
     bool isNVidia() const;
+    bool isI915() const;
     gbm_device *gbmDevice() const;
     EglDisplay *eglDisplay() const;
     DrmBackend *platform() const;
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ private:
     bool m_atomicModeSetting;
     bool m_addFB2ModifiersSupported = false;
     bool m_isNVidia;
+    bool m_isI915;
     bool m_isVirtualMachine;
     bool m_asyncPageflipSupported = false;
     bool m_isRemoved = false;