diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index 23dc9c1..9c92461 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -454,22 +454,39 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_init_crtc_count);
 
-static void setcolreg(struct drm_crtc *crtc, u16 red, u16 green,
+static int setcolreg(struct drm_crtc *crtc, u16 red, u16 green,
 		     u16 blue, u16 regno, struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = info->par;
 	struct drm_framebuffer *fb = fb_helper->fb;
 	int pindex;
 
+	if (info->fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR) {
+		u32 *palette;
+		u32 value;
+		/* place color in psuedopalette */
+		if (regno > 16)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		palette = (u32 *)info->pseudo_palette;
+		red >>= (16 - info->var.red.length);
+		green >>= (16 - info->var.green.length);
+		blue >>= (16 - info->var.blue.length);
+		value = (red << info->var.red.offset) |
+			(green << info->var.green.offset) |
+			(blue << info->var.blue.offset);
+		palette[regno] = value;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	pindex = regno;
 
 	if (fb->bits_per_pixel == 16) {
 		pindex = regno << 3;
 
 		if (fb->depth == 16 && regno > 63)
-			return;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		if (fb->depth == 15 && regno > 31)
-			return;
+			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (fb->depth == 16) {
 			u16 r, g, b;
@@ -493,13 +510,7 @@
 
 	if (fb->depth != 16)
 		fb_helper->funcs->gamma_set(crtc, red, green, blue, pindex);
-
-	if (regno < 16 && info->fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR) {
-		((u32 *) fb->pseudo_palette)[regno] =
-			(regno << info->var.red.offset) |
-			(regno << info->var.green.offset) |
-			(regno << info->var.blue.offset);
-	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int drm_fb_helper_setcmap(struct fb_cmap *cmap, struct fb_info *info)
@@ -536,7 +547,9 @@
 			if (transp)
 				htransp = *transp++;
 
-			setcolreg(crtc, hred, hgreen, hblue, start++, info);
+			rc = setcolreg(crtc, hred, hgreen, hblue, start++, info);
+			if (rc)
+				return rc;
 		}
 		crtc_funcs->load_lut(crtc);
 	}
@@ -555,6 +568,7 @@
 	struct drm_device *dev = fb_helper->dev;
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
 	int i;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (regno > 255)
 		return 1;
@@ -568,8 +582,10 @@
 		if (i == fb_helper->crtc_count)
 			continue;
 
+		ret = setcolreg(crtc, red, green, blue, regno, info);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 
-		setcolreg(crtc, red, green, blue, regno, info);
 		crtc_funcs->load_lut(crtc);
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -928,7 +944,7 @@
 {
 	info->fix.type = FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS;
 	info->fix.visual = depth == 8 ? FB_VISUAL_PSEUDOCOLOR :
-		FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR;
+		FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR;
 	info->fix.type_aux = 0;
 	info->fix.xpanstep = 1; /* doing it in hw */
 	info->fix.ypanstep = 1; /* doing it in hw */