diff --git a/drivers/video/offb.c b/drivers/video/offb.c
index da7cf7936b24..0c4f34311eda 100644
--- a/drivers/video/offb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/offb.c
@@ -101,36 +101,32 @@ static int offb_setcolreg(u_int regno, u_int red, u_int green, u_int blue,
 			  u_int transp, struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	struct offb_par *par = (struct offb_par *) info->par;
-	int i, depth;
-	u32 *pal = info->pseudo_palette;
 
-	depth = info->var.bits_per_pixel;
-	if (depth == 16)
-		depth = (info->var.green.length == 5) ? 15 : 16;
+	if (info->fix.visual == FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR) {
+		u32 *pal = info->pseudo_palette;
+		u32 cr = red >> (16 - info->var.red.length);
+		u32 cg = green >> (16 - info->var.green.length);
+		u32 cb = blue >> (16 - info->var.blue.length);
+		u32 value;
 
-	if (regno > 255 ||
-	    (depth == 16 && regno > 63) ||
-	    (depth == 15 && regno > 31))
-		return 1;
+		if (regno >= 16)
+			return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (regno < 16) {
-		switch (depth) {
-		case 15:
-			pal[regno] = (regno << 10) | (regno << 5) | regno;
-			break;
-		case 16:
-			pal[regno] = (regno << 11) | (regno << 5) | regno;
-			break;
-		case 24:
-			pal[regno] = (regno << 16) | (regno << 8) | regno;
-			break;
-		case 32:
-			i = (regno << 8) | regno;
-			pal[regno] = (i << 16) | i;
-			break;
+		value = (cr << info->var.red.offset) |
+			(cg << info->var.green.offset) |
+			(cb << info->var.blue.offset);
+		if (info->var.transp.length > 0) {
+			u32 mask = (1 << info->var.transp.length) - 1;
+			mask <<= info->var.transp.offset;
+			value |= mask;
 		}
+		pal[regno] = value;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (regno > 255)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	red >>= 8;
 	green >>= 8;
 	blue >>= 8;