diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/Kconfig
index 76ded1568bd0..b4ac76c9f31b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config DRM_OMAP
 	depends on DRM && OF
 	depends on ARCH_OMAP2PLUS
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
+	select FB_SYS_HELPERS if DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION
 	select VIDEOMODE_HELPERS
 	select HDMI
 	default n
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c
index b950e93b3846..b7ccce0704a3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * Author: Rob Clark <rob@ti.com>
  */
 
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+
 #include <drm/drm_drv.h>
 #include <drm/drm_crtc_helper.h>
 #include <drm/drm_fb_helper.h>
@@ -95,20 +97,13 @@ static void omap_fbdev_fb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
 
 static const struct fb_ops omap_fb_ops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
-
+	FB_DEFAULT_SYS_OPS,
 	.fb_check_var	= drm_fb_helper_check_var,
 	.fb_set_par	= drm_fb_helper_set_par,
 	.fb_setcmap	= drm_fb_helper_setcmap,
 	.fb_blank	= drm_fb_helper_blank,
 	.fb_pan_display = omap_fbdev_pan_display,
 	.fb_ioctl	= drm_fb_helper_ioctl,
-
-	.fb_read = drm_fb_helper_sys_read,
-	.fb_write = drm_fb_helper_sys_write,
-	.fb_fillrect = drm_fb_helper_sys_fillrect,
-	.fb_copyarea = drm_fb_helper_sys_copyarea,
-	.fb_imageblit = drm_fb_helper_sys_imageblit,
-
 	.fb_destroy = omap_fbdev_fb_destroy,
 };