diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
index da653a080394..54127905bfe7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vfb.c
@@ -239,8 +239,23 @@ static int vfb_check_var(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
  */
 static int vfb_set_par(struct fb_info *info)
 {
+	switch (info->var.bits_per_pixel) {
+	case 1:
+		info->fix.visual = FB_VISUAL_MONO01;
+		break;
+	case 8:
+		info->fix.visual = FB_VISUAL_PSEUDOCOLOR;
+		break;
+	case 16:
+	case 24:
+	case 32:
+		info->fix.visual = FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR;
+		break;
+	}
+
 	info->fix.line_length = get_line_length(info->var.xres_virtual,
 						info->var.bits_per_pixel);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -450,6 +465,8 @@ static int vfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 		goto err2;
 	platform_set_drvdata(dev, info);
 
+	vfb_set_par(info);
+
 	fb_info(info, "Virtual frame buffer device, using %ldK of video memory\n",
 		videomemorysize >> 10);
 	return 0;