diff --git a/drivers/video/arkfb.c b/drivers/video/arkfb.c
index 53c66e8dcb0b0c4a6ee8ee63b01eaead69f7e3eb..1c69db310ed5e337b2dd219178413290c4dc370d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/arkfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/arkfb.c
@@ -535,7 +535,10 @@ static int arkfb_open(struct fb_info *info, int user)
 
 	mutex_lock(&(par->open_lock));
 	if (par->ref_count == 0) {
+		void __iomem *vgabase = par->state.vgabase;
+
 		memset(&(par->state), 0, sizeof(struct vgastate));
+		par->state.vgabase = vgabase;
 		par->state.flags = VGA_SAVE_MODE | VGA_SAVE_FONTS | VGA_SAVE_CMAP;
 		par->state.num_crtc = 0x60;
 		par->state.num_seq = 0x30;