diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 0694e170a338932ca7f81fa3559e0bf615076949..1a7559b59997cfaa8782e898e7c39cce09465f02 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -467,6 +467,10 @@ static int i915_drm_freeze(struct drm_device *dev)
 	/* Modeset on resume, not lid events */
 	dev_priv->modeset_on_lid = 0;
 
+	console_lock();
+	intel_fbdev_set_suspend(dev, 1);
+	console_unlock();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -539,6 +543,9 @@ static int i915_drm_thaw(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	dev_priv->modeset_on_lid = 0;
 
+	console_lock();
+	intel_fbdev_set_suspend(dev, 0);
+	console_unlock();
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index 9cec6c3937faef852f036ee5134cec067367e52d..5a14149b3794237ad26ee24bce00b5938e157b93 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ extern int intel_framebuffer_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 				  struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
 extern int intel_fbdev_init(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void intel_fbdev_fini(struct drm_device *dev);
-
+extern void intel_fbdev_set_suspend(struct drm_device *dev, int state);
 extern void intel_prepare_page_flip(struct drm_device *dev, int plane);
 extern void intel_finish_page_flip(struct drm_device *dev, int pipe);
 extern void intel_finish_page_flip_plane(struct drm_device *dev, int plane);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
index 2d8766978388d43316263fa542a31971b078b176..19ecd78b8a2ce572c98b1407122e1d97d94c4781 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
@@ -254,6 +254,16 @@ void intel_fbdev_fini(struct drm_device *dev)
 	kfree(dev_priv->fbdev);
 	dev_priv->fbdev = NULL;
 }
+
+void intel_fbdev_set_suspend(struct drm_device *dev, int state)
+{
+	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	if (!dev_priv->fbdev)
+		return;
+
+	fb_set_suspend(dev_priv->fbdev->helper.fbdev, state);
+}
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL and additional rights");
 
 void intel_fb_output_poll_changed(struct drm_device *dev)