diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1f0e1318f70b..07b5dd1e04b2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 56f0d64de80733bda54d1cfa7ac0c736ab2de33b
+refs/heads/master: 4743484718e1d710321f24f8ef7d0124a48291b3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/trunk/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
index c024ffd0266d..bd4500a8992e 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -2191,11 +2191,14 @@ static int fbcon_blank(struct vc_data *vc, int blank, int mode_switch)
 		ops->graphics = 1;
 
 		if (!blank) {
+			if (info->fbops->fb_save_state)
+				info->fbops->fb_save_state(info);
 			var.activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW | FB_ACTIVATE_FORCE;
 			fb_set_var(info, &var);
 			ops->graphics = 0;
 			ops->var = info->var;
-		}
+		} else if (info->fbops->fb_restore_state)
+			info->fbops->fb_restore_state(info);
 	}
 
  	if (!fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info)) {
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/fb.h b/trunk/include/linux/fb.h
index 04a58f33ec53..55ccaf3706c1 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -617,6 +617,12 @@ struct fb_ops {
 
 	/* perform fb specific mmap */
 	int (*fb_mmap)(struct fb_info *info, struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+
+	/* save current hardware state */
+	void (*fb_save_state)(struct fb_info *info);
+
+	/* restore saved state */
+	void (*fb_restore_state)(struct fb_info *info);
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING