diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_backlight.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_backlight.c
index 160da9c50a52c95357f66510cf44b12c6ad2e5cc..7edd47ab16e9f1bae94a5c1fc40c71bb06024dd2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_backlight.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void nvidia_bl_init(struct nvidia_par *par)
 		0x534 * FB_BACKLIGHT_MAX / MAX_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("nvidia: Backlight initialized (%s)\n", name);