diff --git a/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c b/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
index 509cb92e873105b8874ea08cdacca171636c4651..df9ccb901d86f442d7359294ab01b55486f4be54 100644
--- a/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/broadsheetfb.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static int __devinit broadsheetfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	par->read_reg = broadsheet_read_reg;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&par->waitq);
 
-	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT;
+	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT | FBINFO_VIRTFB;
 
 	info->fbdefio = &broadsheetfb_defio;
 	fb_deferred_io_init(info);
diff --git a/drivers/video/hecubafb.c b/drivers/video/hecubafb.c
index 0b4bffbe67c812ff71fcc385efdbfc8acde82af4..f9d77adf035d92a027ef29a2d376eb2e237b23a9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/hecubafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/hecubafb.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static int __devinit hecubafb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	par->send_command = apollo_send_command;
 	par->send_data = apollo_send_data;
 
-	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT;
+	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT | FBINFO_VIRTFB;
 
 	info->fbdefio = &hecubafb_defio;
 	fb_deferred_io_init(info);
diff --git a/drivers/video/metronomefb.c b/drivers/video/metronomefb.c
index df1f757a6161cde2f7d189be4501567af96fd6f2..661bfd20d1943e805dd6aa2865d4c2f361a38eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/metronomefb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/metronomefb.c
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ static int __devinit metronomefb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto err_free_irq;
 
-	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT;
+	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT | FBINFO_VIRTFB;
 
 	info->fbdefio = &metronomefb_defio;
 	fb_deferred_io_init(info);