diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_hw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_hw.c
index e567bdfa2ab8..bb1391784caf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/bochs_hw.c
@@ -156,10 +156,8 @@ int bochs_hw_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 		size = min(size, mem);
 	}
 
-	if (pci_request_region(pdev, 0, "bochs-drm") != 0) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Cannot request framebuffer\n");
-		return -EBUSY;
-	}
+	if (pci_request_region(pdev, 0, "bochs-drm") != 0)
+		DRM_WARN("Cannot request framebuffer, boot fb still active?\n");
 
 	bochs->fb_map = ioremap(addr, size);
 	if (bochs->fb_map == NULL) {