diff --git a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
index c27e153..070f26f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@
 	/* protect against the workqueue changing the page list */
 	mutex_lock(&fbdefio->lock);
 
+	/* first write in this cycle, notify the driver */
+	if (fbdefio->first_io && list_empty(&fbdefio->pagelist))
+		fbdefio->first_io(info);
+
 	/*
 	 * We want the page to remain locked from ->page_mkwrite until
 	 * the PTE is marked dirty to avoid page_mkclean() being called
diff --git a/drivers/video/smscufx.c b/drivers/video/smscufx.c
index ccbfef5..9985785 100644
--- a/drivers/video/smscufx.c
+++ b/drivers/video/smscufx.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@
 
 		struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio;
 
-		fbdefio = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fb_deferred_io), GFP_KERNEL);
+		fbdefio = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fb_deferred_io), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		if (fbdefio) {
 			fbdefio->delay = UFX_DEFIO_WRITE_DELAY;
diff --git a/drivers/video/udlfb.c b/drivers/video/udlfb.c
index a159b63..e9d43b4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/udlfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/udlfb.c
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@
 
 		struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio;
 
-		fbdefio = kmalloc(sizeof(struct fb_deferred_io), GFP_KERNEL);
+		fbdefio = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fb_deferred_io), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		if (fbdefio) {
 			fbdefio->delay = DL_DEFIO_WRITE_DELAY;
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index d31cb68..c10e71e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@
 	struct mutex lock; /* mutex that protects the page list */
 	struct list_head pagelist; /* list of touched pages */
 	/* callback */
+	void (*first_io)(struct fb_info *info);
 	void (*deferred_io)(struct fb_info *info, struct list_head *pagelist);
 };
 #endif