diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
index 0e770bbf7e29..14671406212f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
@@ -1533,11 +1533,6 @@ int radeon_resume_kms(struct drm_device *dev, bool resume, bool fbcon)
 
 	radeon_restore_bios_scratch_regs(rdev);
 
-	if (fbcon) {
-		radeon_fbdev_set_suspend(rdev, 0);
-		console_unlock();
-	}
-
 	/* init dig PHYs, disp eng pll */
 	if (rdev->is_atom_bios) {
 		radeon_atom_encoder_init(rdev);
@@ -1562,6 +1557,12 @@ int radeon_resume_kms(struct drm_device *dev, bool resume, bool fbcon)
 	}
 
 	drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(dev);
+
+	if (fbcon) {
+		radeon_fbdev_set_suspend(rdev, 0);
+		console_unlock();
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }