diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/pvpanic.c b/drivers/platform/x86/pvpanic.c
index c9f6e511daa6..073a90a63dbc 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/pvpanic.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/pvpanic.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ pvpanic_panic_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long code,
 
 static struct notifier_block pvpanic_panic_nb = {
 	.notifier_call = pvpanic_panic_notify,
+	.priority = 1, /* let this called before broken drm_fb_helper */
 };