diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h
index 5284292..02e52d5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@
 	void *sysram;
 	int size;
 	struct ttm_bo_kmap_obj mapping;
+	int x1, y1, x2, y2; /* dirty rect */
+	spinlock_t dirty_lock;
 };
 
 #define to_ast_crtc(x) container_of(x, struct ast_crtc, base)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_fb.c
index 34931fe..fbc0823 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_fb.c
@@ -53,16 +53,52 @@
 	int bpp = (afbdev->afb.base.bits_per_pixel + 7)/8;
 	int ret;
 	bool unmap = false;
+	bool store_for_later = false;
+	int x2, y2;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	obj = afbdev->afb.obj;
 	bo = gem_to_ast_bo(obj);
 
+	/*
+	 * try and reserve the BO, if we fail with busy
+	 * then the BO is being moved and we should
+	 * store up the damage until later.
+	 */
 	ret = ast_bo_reserve(bo, true);
 	if (ret) {
-		DRM_ERROR("failed to reserve fb bo\n");
+		if (ret != -EBUSY)
+			return;
+
+		store_for_later = true;
+	}
+
+	x2 = x + width - 1;
+	y2 = y + height - 1;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&afbdev->dirty_lock, flags);
+
+	if (afbdev->y1 < y)
+		y = afbdev->y1;
+	if (afbdev->y2 > y2)
+		y2 = afbdev->y2;
+	if (afbdev->x1 < x)
+		x = afbdev->x1;
+	if (afbdev->x2 > x2)
+		x2 = afbdev->x2;
+
+	if (store_for_later) {
+		afbdev->x1 = x;
+		afbdev->x2 = x2;
+		afbdev->y1 = y;
+		afbdev->y2 = y2;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&afbdev->dirty_lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
 
+	afbdev->x1 = afbdev->y1 = INT_MAX;
+	afbdev->x2 = afbdev->y2 = 0;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&afbdev->dirty_lock, flags);
+
 	if (!bo->kmap.virtual) {
 		ret = ttm_bo_kmap(&bo->bo, 0, bo->bo.num_pages, &bo->kmap);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -72,10 +108,10 @@
 		}
 		unmap = true;
 	}
-	for (i = y; i < y + height; i++) {
+	for (i = y; i <= y2; i++) {
 		/* assume equal stride for now */
 		src_offset = dst_offset = i * afbdev->afb.base.pitches[0] + (x * bpp);
-		memcpy_toio(bo->kmap.virtual + src_offset, afbdev->sysram + src_offset, width * bpp);
+		memcpy_toio(bo->kmap.virtual + src_offset, afbdev->sysram + src_offset, (x2 - x + 1) * bpp);
 
 	}
 	if (unmap)
@@ -292,6 +328,7 @@
 
 	ast->fbdev = afbdev;
 	afbdev->helper.funcs = &ast_fb_helper_funcs;
+	spin_lock_init(&afbdev->dirty_lock);
 	ret = drm_fb_helper_init(dev, &afbdev->helper,
 				 1, 1);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c
index 3602731..09da339 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_ttm.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 
 	ret = ttm_bo_reserve(&bo->bo, true, no_wait, false, 0);
 	if (ret) {
-		if (ret != -ERESTARTSYS)
+		if (ret != -ERESTARTSYS && ret != -EBUSY)
 			DRM_ERROR("reserve failed %p\n", bo);
 		return ret;
 	}