diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ldu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ldu.c
index 90891593bf6c2ea01cc23ab52d03452cb5d99c08..a348fec221376bec8e45dc8bfafd573d69133d70 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ldu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ldu.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ static int vmw_ldu_del_active(struct vmw_private *vmw_priv,
 	if (list_empty(&ldu->active))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Must init otherwise list_empty(&ldu->active) will not work. */
 	list_del_init(&ldu->active);
 	if (--(ld->num_active) == 0) {
 		BUG_ON(!ld->fb);
@@ -208,6 +209,8 @@ static int vmw_ldu_crtc_set_config(struct drm_mode_set *set)
 
 	/* ldu only supports one fb active at the time */
 	if (dev_priv->ldu_priv->fb && vfb &&
+	    !(dev_priv->ldu_priv->num_active == 1 &&
+	      !list_empty(&ldu->active)) &&
 	    dev_priv->ldu_priv->fb != vfb) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Multiple framebuffers not supported\n");
 		return -EINVAL;