diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c
index b8c25a17186b5..7e3858c4e030f 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ static const struct backlight_ops ht16k33_bl_ops = {
 	.check_fb	= ht16k33_bl_check_fb,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Blank events will be passed to the actual device handling the backlight when
+ * we return zero here.
+ */
+static int ht16k33_blank(int blank, struct fb_info *info)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ht16k33_mmap(struct fb_info *info, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct ht16k33_priv *priv = info->par;
@@ -231,6 +240,7 @@ static const struct fb_ops ht16k33_fb_ops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.fb_read = fb_sys_read,
 	.fb_write = fb_sys_write,
+	.fb_blank = ht16k33_blank,
 	.fb_fillrect = sys_fillrect,
 	.fb_copyarea = sys_copyarea,
 	.fb_imageblit = sys_imageblit,