diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 9a30807b900b1b4fe12ae2e32d152ee0b6e89c18..c1053d634e9158e7022932bed2506cc320f5851c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ static int msm_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(dev);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION
+	if (fbdev && priv->fbdev)
+		msm_fbdev_free(dev);
+#endif
 	drm_mode_config_cleanup(dev);
 	drm_vblank_cleanup(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
index c1e7bba2fdb7f6aac791da4c62de61b4fd5e8231..1aff485e4bb70c364ea1db4316dc82953a1466b7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ struct drm_framebuffer *msm_framebuffer_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 		struct drm_file *file, const struct drm_mode_fb_cmd2 *mode_cmd);
 
 struct drm_fb_helper *msm_fbdev_init(struct drm_device *dev);
+void msm_fbdev_free(struct drm_device *dev);
 
 struct hdmi;
 int hdmi_modeset_init(struct hdmi *hdmi, struct drm_device *dev,