diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-ioctl.c b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-ioctl.c
index c6cf372d22c58b9941051c67028df365e178657f..606b89f12351d4e1cc2cb234fd4e5c481bf82cda 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-ioctl.c
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ int omapfb_ioctl(struct fb_info *fbi, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	struct omapfb_info *ofbi = FB2OFB(fbi);
 	struct omapfb2_device *fbdev = ofbi->fbdev;
 	struct omap_dss_device *display = fb2display(fbi);
+	struct omap_overlay_manager *mgr;
 
 	union {
 		struct omapfb_update_window_old	uwnd_o;
@@ -786,12 +787,14 @@ int omapfb_ioctl(struct fb_info *fbi, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	case OMAPFB_WAITFORVSYNC:
 		DBG("ioctl WAITFORVSYNC\n");
-		if (!display) {
+		if (!display && !display->output && !display->output->manager) {
 			r = -EINVAL;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		r = display->manager->wait_for_vsync(display->manager);
+		mgr = display->output->manager;
+
+		r = mgr->wait_for_vsync(mgr);
 		break;
 
 	case OMAPFB_WAITFORGO: