1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 1403b01e8216..318ade9bb5af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1670,15 +1670,17 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
                 goto out_regs;
 
         if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
-                ret = i915_kick_out_vgacon(dev_priv);
+                /* WARNING: Apparently we must kick fbdev drivers before vgacon,
+                 * otherwise the vga fbdev driver falls over. */
+                ret = i915_kick_out_firmware_fb(dev_priv);
                 if (ret) {
-                        DRM_ERROR("failed to remove conflicting VGA console\n");
+                        DRM_ERROR("failed to remove conflicting framebuffer drivers\n");
                         goto out_gtt;
                 }
 
-                ret = i915_kick_out_firmware_fb(dev_priv);
+                ret = i915_kick_out_vgacon(dev_priv);
                 if (ret) {
-                        DRM_ERROR("failed to remove conflicting framebuffer drivers\n");
+                        DRM_ERROR("failed to remove conflicting VGA console\n");
                         goto out_gtt;
                 }
         }