diff --git a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
index 0a7a667..875d019 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@
 static int fb_deferred_io_mmap(struct fb_info *info, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	vma->vm_ops = &fb_deferred_io_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_flags |= ( VM_IO | VM_RESERVED | VM_DONTEXPAND );
+	vma->vm_flags |= ( VM_RESERVED | VM_DONTEXPAND );
+	if (!(info->flags & FBINFO_VIRTFB))
+		vma->vm_flags |= VM_IO;
 	vma->vm_private_data = info;
 	return 0;
 }