diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c
index 23a38c3f3977e6b765701a2a2d2dce9ad8b31bb4..9e41d2a18649e4751599a86b5d82171cbe928095 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void radeonfb_bl_init(struct radeonfb_info *rinfo)
 		217 * FB_BACKLIGHT_MAX / MAX_RADEON_LEVEL);
 
 	bd->props.brightness = bd->props.max_brightness;
-	bd->props.power = FB_BLANK_UNBLANK;
+	bd->props.power = BACKLIGHT_POWER_ON;
 	backlight_update_status(bd);
 
 	printk("radeonfb: Backlight initialized (%s)\n", name);