diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index 25edf670867c6f79adcd777f75daca684bb577f9..9c673f33d22216c64aabaf5958de055852c81457 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -2189,6 +2189,9 @@ static ssize_t drm_fbdev_fb_write(struct fb_info *info, const char __user *buf,
 	if (ret > 0)
 		*ppos += ret;
 
+	if (ret > 0)
+		drm_fb_helper_dirty(info, 0, 0, info->var.xres_virtual, info->var.yres_virtual);
+
 	return ret ? ret : err;
 }