diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drm.h
index eef09ec9a5ff03691f259031d6b0dc5337e4fb02..a72cae03b99b781d7becf0987c91317c3777a65c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drm.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ void armada_drm_queue_unref_work(struct drm_device *,
 extern const struct drm_mode_config_funcs armada_drm_mode_config_funcs;
 
 int armada_fbdev_init(struct drm_device *);
+void armada_fbdev_lastclose(struct drm_device *);
 void armada_fbdev_fini(struct drm_device *);
 
 int armada_overlay_plane_create(struct drm_device *, unsigned long);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c
index 7aede900a221c61474177d79cbc9b7b1d85dd0f6..15425d23c9cc62e9cb76e8245ff5114545cf3ef9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c
@@ -321,6 +321,11 @@ static struct drm_ioctl_desc armada_ioctls[] = {
 		DRM_UNLOCKED),
 };
 
+static void armada_drm_lastclose(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	armada_fbdev_lastclose(dev);
+}
+
 static const struct file_operations armada_drm_fops = {
 	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek			= no_llseek,
@@ -337,7 +342,7 @@ static struct drm_driver armada_drm_driver = {
 	.open			= NULL,
 	.preclose		= NULL,
 	.postclose		= NULL,
-	.lastclose		= NULL,
+	.lastclose		= armada_drm_lastclose,
 	.unload			= armada_drm_unload,
 	.get_vblank_counter	= drm_vblank_count,
 	.enable_vblank		= armada_drm_enable_vblank,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_fbdev.c
index dd5ea77dac960c916fd5d8169c625a572a897e05..743570e99f900c8f8e06ff9572b9a297f0f25408 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_fbdev.c
@@ -177,6 +177,16 @@ int armada_fbdev_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void armada_fbdev_lastclose(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	struct armada_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
+
+	drm_modeset_lock_all(dev);
+	if (priv->fbdev)
+		drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode(priv->fbdev);
+	drm_modeset_unlock_all(dev);
+}
+
 void armada_fbdev_fini(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct armada_private *priv = dev->dev_private;