1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c
index 2b2908440644..7d68203a3737 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ void radeon_atom_backlight_init(struct radeon_encoder *radeon_encoder,
         struct backlight_properties props;
         struct radeon_backlight_privdata *pdata;
         struct radeon_encoder_atom_dig *dig;
-        u8 backlight_level;
         char bl_name[16];
 
         /* Mac laptops with multiple GPUs use the gmux driver for backlight
@@ -222,12 +221,17 @@ void radeon_atom_backlight_init(struct radeon_encoder *radeon_encoder,
 
         pdata->encoder = radeon_encoder;
 
-        backlight_level = radeon_atom_get_backlight_level_from_reg(rdev);
-
         dig = radeon_encoder->enc_priv;
         dig->bl_dev = bd;
 
         bd->props.brightness = radeon_atom_backlight_get_brightness(bd);
+        /* Set a reasonable default here if the level is 0 otherwise
+         * fbdev will attempt to turn the backlight on after console
+         * unblanking and it will try and restore 0 which turns the backlight
+         * off again.
+         */
+        if (bd->props.brightness == 0)
+                bd->props.brightness = RADEON_MAX_BL_LEVEL;
         bd->props.power = FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
         backlight_update_status(bd);