diff --git a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig
index 5e3492c65ccbc693862a3b75ab93bc04277b1842..75ec7d155da912b516873e7731632d7b78e88fa4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -1743,6 +1743,7 @@ config FB_VIRTUAL
 	select FB_SYS_FILLRECT
 	select FB_SYS_COPYAREA
 	select FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT
+	select FB_SYS_FOPS
 	---help---
 	  This is a `virtual' frame buffer device. It operates on a chunk of
 	  unswappable kernel memory instead of on the memory of a graphics
diff --git a/drivers/video/vfb.c b/drivers/video/vfb.c
index 1293c2072d2ac1e0c5059b590ac99d9a74a77592..64ee78c3c12bba274d18db4f24f63f1016687b75 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vfb.c
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ static int vfb_mmap(struct fb_info *info,
 		    struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 static struct fb_ops vfb_ops = {
+	.fb_read        = fb_sys_read,
+	.fb_write       = fb_sys_write,
 	.fb_check_var	= vfb_check_var,
 	.fb_set_par	= vfb_set_par,
 	.fb_setcolreg	= vfb_setcolreg,