diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index 91145d93990a..0371ad233fdf 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
@@ -1581,7 +1581,14 @@ static void do_remove_conflicting_framebuffers(struct apertures_struct *a,
 			 * If it's not a platform device, at least print a warning. A
 			 * fix would add code to remove the device from the system.
 			 */
-			if (dev_is_platform(device)) {
+			if (!device) {
+				/* TODO: Represent each OF framebuffer as its own
+				 * device in the device hierarchy. For now, offb
+				 * doesn't have such a device, so unregister the
+				 * framebuffer as before without warning.
+				 */
+				do_unregister_framebuffer(registered_fb[i]);
+			} else if (dev_is_platform(device)) {
 				registered_fb[i]->forced_out = true;
 				platform_device_unregister(to_platform_device(device));
 			} else {