1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index b800cd4eeec8..68bb838b9f11 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(backlight_force_update);
  * ERR_PTR() or a pointer to the newly allocated device.
  */
 struct backlight_device *backlight_device_register(const char *name,
-                struct device *parent, void *devdata, const struct backlight_ops *ops)
+        struct device *parent, void *devdata, const struct backlight_ops *ops,
+        const struct backlight_properties *props)
 {
         struct backlight_device *new_bd;
         int rc;
@@ -289,6 +290,11 @@ struct backlight_device *backlight_device_register(const char *name,
         dev_set_name(&new_bd->dev, name);
         dev_set_drvdata(&new_bd->dev, devdata);
 
+        /* Set default properties */
+        if (props)
+                memcpy(&new_bd->props, props,
+                       sizeof(struct backlight_properties));
+
         rc = device_register(&new_bd->dev);
         if (rc) {
                 kfree(new_bd);