diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5c356643d2c5..8cbd850c0c43 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7d6aa80c35bb1f706e2894100dcc51e19a83f913
+refs/heads/master: 3ce05168907c9b1358492a73badb0ff1603fb81d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index aa377115483b..5c4f9b9ecdc0 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -1533,3 +1533,24 @@ bool drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event);
 
+/* The Kconfig DRM_KMS_HELPER selects FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE (if !EMBEDDED)
+ * but the module doesn't depend on any fb console symbols.  At least
+ * attempt to load fbcon to avoid leaving the system without a usable console.
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_MODULE) && !defined(CONFIG_EMBEDDED)
+static int __init drm_fb_helper_modinit(void)
+{
+	const char *name = "fbcon";
+	struct module *fbcon;
+
+	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
+	fbcon = find_module(name);
+	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
+
+	if (!fbcon)
+		request_module_nowait(name);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+module_init(drm_fb_helper_modinit);
+#endif