diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
index 822896782cd089486a3de555213d1779a749b604..71d55801c0d97a4569afab58054882819336fef0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ static int intelfb_create(struct intel_fbdev *ifbdev,
 	drm_fb_helper_fill_fix(info, fb->pitches[0], fb->depth);
 	drm_fb_helper_fill_var(info, &ifbdev->helper, sizes->fb_width, sizes->fb_height);
 
+	/* If the object is shmemfs backed, it will have given us zeroed pages.
+	 * If the object is stolen however, it will be full of whatever
+	 * garbage was left in there.
+	 */
+	if (ifbdev->ifb.obj->stolen)
+		memset_io(info->screen_base, 0, info->screen_size);
+
 	/* Use default scratch pixmap (info->pixmap.flags = FB_PIXMAP_SYSTEM) */
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("allocated %dx%d fb: 0x%08x, bo %p\n",