diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main.h b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main.h
index 0d439e90961994428656f10b75f22f5ec1c118d2..1d0949c98c3a844cb7e7a2f1f7e2f071d8d0b886 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main.h
@@ -125,13 +125,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, xgifb_pci_table);
 
 /* ------------------- Global Variables ----------------------------- */
 
-static struct fb_fix_screeninfo XGIfb_fix = {
-	.id		= "XGI",
-	.type		= FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS,
-	.xpanstep	= 1,
-	.ypanstep	= 1,
-};
-
 /* display status */
 static int XGIfb_crt1off;
 static int XGIfb_forcecrt1 = -1;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
index 5eed802225aaf7d61d43219ae4102ca812e7482b..ba7f09630d210c86a0a067f1c513dd209709c98a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
@@ -2390,8 +2390,12 @@ static int __devinit xgifb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	}
 
+	strncpy(fb_info->fix.id, "XGI", sizeof(fb_info->fix.id) - 1);
+	fb_info->fix.type	= FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS;
+	fb_info->fix.xpanstep	= 1;
+	fb_info->fix.ypanstep	= 1;
+
 	fb_info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT;
-	fb_info->fix = XGIfb_fix;
 	fb_info->screen_base = xgifb_info->video_vbase;
 	fb_info->fbops = &XGIfb_ops;
 	XGIfb_get_fix(&fb_info->fix, -1, fb_info);