diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
index 4781421b37f89e5a1353f67ba4084ea086fac9a9..6a704f176c222a004f8732268e04cafb82ed1a70 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
@@ -2198,6 +2198,16 @@ static int omapfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err0;
 	}
 
+	/* TODO : Replace cpu check with omap_has_vrfb once HAS_FEATURE
+	*	 available for OMAP2 and OMAP3
+	*/
+	if (def_vrfb && !cpu_is_omap24xx() && !cpu_is_omap34xx()) {
+		def_vrfb = 0;
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "VRFB is not supported on this hardware, "
+				"ignoring the module parameter vrfb=y\n");
+	}
+
+
 	mutex_init(&fbdev->mtx);
 
 	fbdev->dev = &pdev->dev;