diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
index 98b0f23bf5e2..a1da54016c88 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_defio.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ static vm_fault_t fb_deferred_io_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "no mapping available\n");
 
 	BUG_ON(!page->mapping);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
 	page->index = vmf->pgoff;
 
 	vmf->page = page;
@@ -220,6 +219,8 @@ static void fb_deferred_io_work(struct work_struct *work)
 void fb_deferred_io_init(struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	struct fb_deferred_io *fbdefio = info->fbdefio;
+	struct page *page;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	BUG_ON(!fbdefio);
 	mutex_init(&fbdefio->lock);
@@ -227,6 +228,12 @@ void fb_deferred_io_init(struct fb_info *info)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fbdefio->pagelist);
 	if (fbdefio->delay == 0) /* set a default of 1 s */
 		fbdefio->delay = HZ;
+
+	/* initialize all the page lists one time */
+	for (i = 0; i < info->fix.smem_len; i += PAGE_SIZE) {
+		page = fb_deferred_io_page(info, i);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page->lru);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fb_deferred_io_init);