diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index d612133e2cf7e..117237d3528bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ struct fb_info *drm_fb_helper_alloc_info(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
 	if (!info)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	if (!drm_leak_fbdev_smem)
+		info->flags |= FBINFO_HIDE_SMEM_START;
+
 	ret = fb_alloc_cmap(&info->cmap, 256, 0);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_release;
@@ -1860,9 +1863,6 @@ __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
 	info = fb_helper->info;
 	info->var.pixclock = 0;
 
-	if (!drm_leak_fbdev_smem)
-		info->flags |= FBINFO_HIDE_SMEM_START;
-
 	/* Need to drop locks to avoid recursive deadlock in
 	 * register_framebuffer. This is ok because the only thing left to do is
 	 * register the fbdev emulation instance in kernel_fb_helper_list. */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_dma.c
index 6c9427bb4053b..13cd754af311d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_dma.c
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ static int drm_fbdev_dma_helper_fb_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 		info->flags |= FBINFO_READS_FAST; /* signal caching */
 	info->screen_size = sizes->surface_height * fb->pitches[0];
 	info->screen_buffer = map.vaddr;
-	info->fix.smem_start = page_to_phys(virt_to_page(info->screen_buffer));
+	if (!(info->flags & FBINFO_HIDE_SMEM_START)) {
+		if (!drm_WARN_ON(dev, is_vmalloc_addr(info->screen_buffer)))
+			info->fix.smem_start = page_to_phys(virt_to_page(info->screen_buffer));
+	}
 	info->fix.smem_len = info->screen_size;
 
 	return 0;