diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
index 5b47b79..94d8dd2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@
 	} debugfs;
 
 	struct nouveau_fbdev *nfbdev;
+	struct apertures_struct *apertures;
 };
 
 static inline struct drm_nouveau_private *
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c
index 292c7ff..2c21993 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fbcon.c
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@
 	struct drm_mode_fb_cmd mode_cmd;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = dev->pdev;
 	struct device *device = &pdev->dev;
-	struct apertures_struct *aper;
 	int size, ret;
 
 	mode_cmd.width = sizes->surface_width;
@@ -267,28 +266,12 @@
 	info->fix.mmio_len = pci_resource_len(pdev, 1);
 
 	/* Set aperture base/size for vesafb takeover */
-	aper = info->apertures = alloc_apertures(3);
+	info->apertures = dev_priv->apertures;
 	if (!info->apertures) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_unref;
 	}
 
-	aper->ranges[0].base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 1);
-	aper->ranges[0].size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 1);
-	aper->count = 1;
-
-	if (pci_resource_len(pdev, 2)) {
-		aper->ranges[aper->count].base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 2);
-		aper->ranges[aper->count].size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 2);
-		aper->count++;
-	}
-
-	if (pci_resource_len(pdev, 3)) {
-		aper->ranges[aper->count].base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 3);
-		aper->ranges[aper->count].size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 3);
-		aper->count++;
-	}
-
 	info->pixmap.size = 64*1024;
 	info->pixmap.buf_align = 8;
 	info->pixmap.access_align = 32;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
index 92100a9..75c5c46 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
@@ -639,6 +639,43 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+static struct apertures_struct *nouveau_get_apertures(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = dev->pdev;
+	struct apertures_struct *aper = alloc_apertures(3);
+	if (!aper)
+		return NULL;
+
+	aper->ranges[0].base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 1);
+	aper->ranges[0].size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 1);
+	aper->count = 1;
+
+	if (pci_resource_len(pdev, 2)) {
+		aper->ranges[aper->count].base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 2);
+		aper->ranges[aper->count].size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 2);
+		aper->count++;
+	}
+
+	if (pci_resource_len(pdev, 3)) {
+		aper->ranges[aper->count].base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 3);
+		aper->ranges[aper->count].size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 3);
+		aper->count++;
+	}
+
+	return aper;
+}
+
+static int nouveau_remove_conflicting_drivers(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	dev_priv->apertures = nouveau_get_apertures(dev);
+	if (!dev_priv->apertures)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	remove_conflicting_framebuffers(dev_priv->apertures, "nouveaufb");
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int nouveau_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv;
@@ -726,6 +763,12 @@
 	NV_INFO(dev, "Detected an NV%2x generation card (0x%08x)\n",
 		dev_priv->card_type, reg0);
 
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
+		int ret = nouveau_remove_conflicting_drivers(dev);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	/* map larger RAMIN aperture on NV40 cards */
 	dev_priv->ramin  = NULL;
 	if (dev_priv->card_type >= NV_40) {
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index 03f2dc2..7cfcd71 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -1479,11 +1479,10 @@
 	return false;
 }
 
-static bool fb_do_apertures_overlap(struct fb_info *gen, struct fb_info *hw)
+static bool fb_do_apertures_overlap(struct apertures_struct *gena,
+				    struct apertures_struct *hwa)
 {
 	int i, j;
-	struct apertures_struct *hwa = hw->apertures;
-	struct apertures_struct *gena = gen->apertures;
 	if (!hwa || !gena)
 		return false;
 
@@ -1501,6 +1500,28 @@
 	return false;
 }
 
+void remove_conflicting_framebuffers(struct apertures_struct *a, const char *name)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/* check all firmware fbs and kick off if the base addr overlaps */
+	for (i = 0 ; i < FB_MAX; i++) {
+		if (!registered_fb[i])
+			continue;
+
+		if (!(registered_fb[i]->flags & FBINFO_MISC_FIRMWARE))
+			continue;
+
+		if (fb_do_apertures_overlap(registered_fb[i]->apertures, a)) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "fb: conflicting fb hw usage "
+			       "%s vs %s - removing generic driver\n",
+			       name, registered_fb[i]->fix.id);
+			unregister_framebuffer(registered_fb[i]);
+		}
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_conflicting_framebuffers);
+
 /**
  *	register_framebuffer - registers a frame buffer device
  *	@fb_info: frame buffer info structure
@@ -1524,21 +1545,7 @@
 	if (fb_check_foreignness(fb_info))
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
-	/* check all firmware fbs and kick off if the base addr overlaps */
-	for (i = 0 ; i < FB_MAX; i++) {
-		if (!registered_fb[i])
-			continue;
-
-		if (registered_fb[i]->flags & FBINFO_MISC_FIRMWARE) {
-			if (fb_do_apertures_overlap(registered_fb[i], fb_info)) {
-				printk(KERN_ERR "fb: conflicting fb hw usage "
-				       "%s vs %s - removing generic driver\n",
-				       fb_info->fix.id,
-				       registered_fb[i]->fix.id);
-				unregister_framebuffer(registered_fb[i]);
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	remove_conflicting_framebuffers(fb_info->apertures, fb_info->fix.id);
 
 	num_registered_fb++;
 	for (i = 0 ; i < FB_MAX; i++)
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index de5ff5f..f88e254 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -971,6 +971,7 @@
 /* drivers/video/fbmem.c */
 extern int register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info);
 extern int unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info);
+extern void remove_conflicting_framebuffers(struct apertures_struct *a, const char *name);
 extern int fb_prepare_logo(struct fb_info *fb_info, int rotate);
 extern int fb_show_logo(struct fb_info *fb_info, int rotate);
 extern char* fb_get_buffer_offset(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_pixmap *buf, u32 size);