diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_kms.c
index 5904eddc83a5..2a06fea0039b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_kms.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ int bochs_kms_init(struct bochs_device *bochs)
 	bochs->dev->mode_config.fb_base = bochs->fb_base;
 	bochs->dev->mode_config.preferred_depth = 24;
 	bochs->dev->mode_config.prefer_shadow = 0;
+	bochs->dev->mode_config.prefer_shadow_fbdev = 1;
 	bochs->dev->mode_config.quirk_addfb_prefer_host_byte_order = true;
 
 	bochs->dev->mode_config.funcs = &bochs_mode_funcs;