diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/Kconfig
index 2f1a57e11140adac1e8850abdd348092da07f083..d6c12796023cd654e95196bc9d55ce18aabdb114 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config DRM_QXL
 	select FB_SYS_FILLRECT
 	select FB_SYS_COPYAREA
 	select FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT
+	select FB_DEFERRED_IO
         select DRM_KMS_HELPER
         select DRM_TTM
 	help