fbi->fbops = &drm_fbdev_fb_ops;
        fbi->screen_size = sizes->surface_height * fb->pitches[0];
        fbi->fix.smem_len = fbi->screen_size;
+       fbi->flags = FBINFO_DEFAULT;
 
        drm_fb_helper_fill_info(fbi, fb_helper, sizes);
 
                fbi->screen_buffer = vzalloc(fbi->screen_size);
                if (!fbi->screen_buffer)
                        return -ENOMEM;
+               fbi->flags |= FBINFO_VIRTFB | FBINFO_READS_FAST;
 
                fbi->fbdefio = &drm_fbdev_defio;
-
                fb_deferred_io_init(fbi);
        } else {
                /* buffer is mapped for HW framebuffer */
                ret = drm_client_buffer_vmap(fb_helper->buffer, &map);
                if (ret)
                        return ret;
-               if (map.is_iomem)
+               if (map.is_iomem) {
                        fbi->screen_base = map.vaddr_iomem;
-               else
+               } else {
                        fbi->screen_buffer = map.vaddr;
+                       fbi->flags |= FBINFO_VIRTFB;
+               }
 
                /*
                 * Shamelessly leak the physical address to user-space. As