diff --git a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
index 9e83664e345c..2aba6a4a9eae 100644
--- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
+++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c
@@ -1164,16 +1164,33 @@ intelfb_check_var(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var, struct fb_info *info)
 	struct fb_var_screeninfo v;
 	struct intelfb_info *dinfo;
 	static int first = 1;
+	int i;
+	/* Good pitches to allow tiling.  Don't care about pitches < 1024. */
+	static const int pitches[] = {
+		128 * 8,
+		128 * 16,
+		128 * 32,
+		128 * 64,
+		0
+	};
 
 	DBG_MSG("intelfb_check_var: accel_flags is %d\n", var->accel_flags);
 
 	dinfo = GET_DINFO(info);
 
+	/* update the pitch */
 	if (intelfbhw_validate_mode(dinfo, var) != 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	v = *var;
 
+	for (i = 0; pitches[i] != 0; i++) {
+		if (pitches[i] >= v.xres_virtual) {
+			v.xres_virtual = pitches[i];
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Check for a supported bpp. */
 	if (v.bits_per_pixel <= 8) {
 		v.bits_per_pixel = 8;
diff --git a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
index 2bcf249bdf22..4284c7554512 100644
--- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
+++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbhw.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ intelfbhw_mode_to_hw(struct intelfb_info *dinfo, struct intelfb_hwstate *hw,
 	*ss = (hactive << SRC_SIZE_HORIZ_SHIFT) |
 	      (vactive << SRC_SIZE_VERT_SHIFT);
 
-	hw->disp_a_stride = var->xres_virtual * var->bits_per_pixel / 8;
+	hw->disp_a_stride = dinfo->pitch;
 	DBG_MSG("pitch is %d\n", hw->disp_a_stride);
 
 	hw->disp_a_base = hw->disp_a_stride * var->yoffset +