diff --git a/drivers/video/s3fb.c b/drivers/video/s3fb.c
index 262490a74bb70a20381a20db45cd88038c32dd50..b2286f916b5dd446c2732ee59ab77c38db7961c7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/s3fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/s3fb.c
@@ -379,7 +379,10 @@ static int s3fb_open(struct fb_info *info, int user)
 
 	mutex_lock(&(par->open_lock));
 	if (par->ref_count == 0) {
+		void __iomem *vgabase = par->state.vgabase;
+
 		memset(&(par->state), 0, sizeof(struct vgastate));
+		par->state.vgabase = vgabase;
 		par->state.flags = VGA_SAVE_MODE | VGA_SAVE_FONTS | VGA_SAVE_CMAP;
 		par->state.num_crtc = 0x70;
 		par->state.num_seq = 0x20;