diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fb.c
index d50bff20f7de467f8de83b5388db1f5fc15ef73a..1298b84cb1c78d223b96eef44c78ef6e4e65c84a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fb.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  * the helper contains a pointer to radeon framebuffer baseclass.
  */
 struct radeon_fbdev {
-	struct drm_fb_helper helper;
+	struct drm_fb_helper helper; /* must be first */
 	struct drm_framebuffer fb;
 	struct radeon_device *rdev;
 };
@@ -247,8 +247,6 @@ static int radeonfb_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 	/* radeon resume is fragile and needs a vt switch to help it along */
 	info->skip_vt_switch = false;
 
-	info->par = rfbdev;
-
 	ret = radeon_framebuffer_init(rdev->ddev, &rfbdev->fb, &mode_cmd, gobj);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_ERROR("failed to initialize framebuffer %d\n", ret);
@@ -262,10 +260,6 @@ static int radeonfb_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 
 	memset_io(rbo->kptr, 0x0, radeon_bo_size(rbo));
 
-	strcpy(info->fix.id, "radeondrmfb");
-
-	drm_fb_helper_fill_fix(info, fb->pitches[0], fb->format->depth);
-
 	info->fbops = &radeonfb_ops;
 
 	tmp = radeon_bo_gpu_offset(rbo) - rdev->mc.vram_start;
@@ -274,7 +268,7 @@ static int radeonfb_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 	info->screen_base = rbo->kptr;
 	info->screen_size = radeon_bo_size(rbo);
 
-	drm_fb_helper_fill_var(info, &rfbdev->helper, sizes->fb_width, sizes->fb_height);
+	drm_fb_helper_fill_info(info, &rfbdev->helper, sizes);
 
 	/* setup aperture base/size for vesafb takeover */
 	info->apertures->ranges[0].base = rdev->ddev->mode_config.fb_base;