diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index a83d9c73bcc8d9c9ca4f0f1bf76ed6d29d86e5de..883a0c44714c58821284de2da67d5ed7c039bde5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -1797,6 +1797,7 @@ static int drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 	int i;
 	struct drm_fb_helper_surface_size sizes;
 	int gamma_size = 0;
+	int best_depth = 0;
 
 	memset(&sizes, 0, sizeof(struct drm_fb_helper_surface_size));
 	sizes.surface_depth = 24;
@@ -1804,7 +1805,10 @@ static int drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 	sizes.fb_width = (u32)-1;
 	sizes.fb_height = (u32)-1;
 
-	/* if driver picks 8 or 16 by default use that for both depth/bpp */
+	/*
+	 * If driver picks 8 or 16 by default use that for both depth/bpp
+	 * to begin with
+	 */
 	if (preferred_bpp != sizes.surface_bpp)
 		sizes.surface_depth = sizes.surface_bpp = preferred_bpp;
 
@@ -1839,6 +1843,55 @@ static int drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If we run into a situation where, for example, the primary plane
+	 * supports RGBA5551 (16 bpp, depth 15) but not RGB565 (16 bpp, depth
+	 * 16) we need to scale down the depth of the sizes we request.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < fb_helper->crtc_count; i++) {
+		struct drm_mode_set *mode_set = &fb_helper->crtc_info[i].mode_set;
+		struct drm_crtc *crtc = mode_set->crtc;
+		struct drm_plane *plane = crtc->primary;
+		int j;
+
+		DRM_DEBUG("test CRTC %d primary plane\n", i);
+
+		for (j = 0; j < plane->format_count; j++) {
+			const struct drm_format_info *fmt;
+
+			fmt = drm_format_info(plane->format_types[j]);
+
+			/*
+			 * Do not consider YUV or other complicated formats
+			 * for framebuffers. This means only legacy formats
+			 * are supported (fmt->depth is a legacy field) but
+			 * the framebuffer emulation can only deal with such
+			 * formats, specifically RGB/BGA formats.
+			 */
+			if (fmt->depth == 0)
+				continue;
+
+			/* We found a perfect fit, great */
+			if (fmt->depth == sizes.surface_depth) {
+				best_depth = fmt->depth;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			/* Skip depths above what we're looking for */
+			if (fmt->depth > sizes.surface_depth)
+				continue;
+
+			/* Best depth found so far */
+			if (fmt->depth > best_depth)
+				best_depth = fmt->depth;
+		}
+	}
+	if (sizes.surface_depth != best_depth) {
+		DRM_INFO("requested bpp %d, scaled depth down to %d",
+			 sizes.surface_bpp, best_depth);
+		sizes.surface_depth = best_depth;
+	}
+
 	crtc_count = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < fb_helper->crtc_count; i++) {
 		struct drm_display_mode *desired_mode;