int i;
        struct drm_fb_helper_surface_size sizes;
        int gamma_size = 0;
+       int best_depth = 0;
 
        memset(&sizes, 0, sizeof(struct drm_fb_helper_surface_size));
        sizes.surface_depth = 24;
        sizes.fb_width = (u32)-1;
        sizes.fb_height = (u32)-1;
 
-       /* if driver picks 8 or 16 by default use that for both depth/bpp */
+       /*
+        * If driver picks 8 or 16 by default use that for both depth/bpp
+        * to begin with
+        */
        if (preferred_bpp != sizes.surface_bpp)
                sizes.surface_depth = sizes.surface_bpp = preferred_bpp;
 
                }
        }
 
+       /*
+        * If we run into a situation where, for example, the primary plane
+        * supports RGBA5551 (16 bpp, depth 15) but not RGB565 (16 bpp, depth
+        * 16) we need to scale down the depth of the sizes we request.
+        */
+       for (i = 0; i < fb_helper->crtc_count; i++) {
+               struct drm_mode_set *mode_set = &fb_helper->crtc_info[i].mode_set;
+               struct drm_crtc *crtc = mode_set->crtc;
+               struct drm_plane *plane = crtc->primary;
+               int j;
+
+               DRM_DEBUG("test CRTC %d primary plane\n", i);
+
+               for (j = 0; j < plane->format_count; j++) {
+                       const struct drm_format_info *fmt;
+
+                       fmt = drm_format_info(plane->format_types[j]);
+
+                       /*
+                        * Do not consider YUV or other complicated formats
+                        * for framebuffers. This means only legacy formats
+                        * are supported (fmt->depth is a legacy field) but
+                        * the framebuffer emulation can only deal with such
+                        * formats, specifically RGB/BGA formats.
+                        */
+                       if (fmt->depth == 0)
+                               continue;
+
+                       /* We found a perfect fit, great */
+                       if (fmt->depth == sizes.surface_depth) {
+                               best_depth = fmt->depth;
+                               break;
+                       }
+
+                       /* Skip depths above what we're looking for */
+                       if (fmt->depth > sizes.surface_depth)
+                               continue;
+
+                       /* Best depth found so far */
+                       if (fmt->depth > best_depth)
+                               best_depth = fmt->depth;
+               }
+       }
+       if (sizes.surface_depth != best_depth) {
+               DRM_INFO("requested bpp %d, scaled depth down to %d",
+                        sizes.surface_bpp, best_depth);
+               sizes.surface_depth = best_depth;
+       }
+
        crtc_count = 0;
        for (i = 0; i < fb_helper->crtc_count; i++) {
                struct drm_display_mode *desired_mode;