diff --git a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
index 59df132..4835bdc 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
@@ -114,6 +114,17 @@
 	.page_mkwrite	= fb_deferred_io_mkwrite,
 };
 
+static int fb_deferred_io_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (!PageDirty(page))
+		SetPageDirty(page);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct address_space_operations fb_deferred_io_aops = {
+	.set_page_dirty = fb_deferred_io_set_page_dirty,
+};
+
 static int fb_deferred_io_mmap(struct fb_info *info, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	vma->vm_ops = &fb_deferred_io_vm_ops;
@@ -163,6 +174,14 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fb_deferred_io_init);
 
+void fb_deferred_io_open(struct fb_info *info,
+			 struct inode *inode,
+			 struct file *file)
+{
+	file->f_mapping->a_ops = &fb_deferred_io_aops;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fb_deferred_io_open);
+
 void fb_deferred_io_cleanup(struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	void *screen_base = (void __force *) info->screen_base;