diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
index 85f5ab1d552c..a78662bd6273 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ config DRM_MSM
 	select DRM_BRIDGE
 	select DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE
 	select DRM_SCHED
+	select FB_SYS_HELPERS if DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION
 	select SHMEM
 	select TMPFS
 	select QCOM_SCM
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c
index ce0ba6d1979a..fa9c1cbffae3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * Author: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
  */
 
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+
 #include <drm/drm_drv.h>
 #include <drm/drm_crtc_helper.h>
 #include <drm/drm_fb_helper.h>
@@ -23,6 +25,10 @@ module_param(fbdev, bool, 0600);
  * fbdev funcs, to implement legacy fbdev interface on top of drm driver
  */
 
+FB_GEN_DEFAULT_DEFERRED_SYS_OPS(msm_fbdev,
+				drm_fb_helper_damage_range,
+				drm_fb_helper_damage_area)
+
 static int msm_fbdev_mmap(struct fb_info *info, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct drm_fb_helper *helper = (struct drm_fb_helper *)info->par;
@@ -52,16 +58,9 @@ static void msm_fbdev_fb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
 
 static const struct fb_ops msm_fb_ops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	__FB_DEFAULT_DEFERRED_OPS_RDWR(msm_fbdev),
 	DRM_FB_HELPER_DEFAULT_OPS,
-
-	/* Note: to properly handle manual update displays, we wrap the
-	 * basic fbdev ops which write to the framebuffer
-	 */
-	.fb_read = drm_fb_helper_sys_read,
-	.fb_write = drm_fb_helper_sys_write,
-	.fb_fillrect = drm_fb_helper_sys_fillrect,
-	.fb_copyarea = drm_fb_helper_sys_copyarea,
-	.fb_imageblit = drm_fb_helper_sys_imageblit,
+	__FB_DEFAULT_DEFERRED_OPS_DRAW(msm_fbdev),
 	.fb_mmap = msm_fbdev_mmap,
 	.fb_destroy = msm_fbdev_fb_destroy,
 };