diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c
index 69a5fe09b..7ce1ac122 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ PreInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int flags)
 	return FALSE;
 
     if (xf86ReturnOptValBool(ms->Options, OPTION_SW_CURSOR, FALSE)) {
-	ms->SWCursor = TRUE;
+	ms->drmmode.sw_cursor = TRUE;
     }
 
     ms->shadow_enable = xf86ReturnOptValBool(ms->Options, OPTION_SHADOW_FB, TRUE);
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ ScreenInit(int scrnIndex, ScreenPtr pScreen, int argc, char **argv)
     miDCInitialize(pScreen, xf86GetPointerScreenFuncs());
 
     /* Need to extend HWcursor support to handle mask interleave */
-    if (!ms->SWCursor)
+    if (!ms->drmmode.sw_cursor)
 	xf86_cursors_init(pScreen, 64, 64,
 			  HARDWARE_CURSOR_SOURCE_MASK_INTERLEAVE_64 |
 			  HARDWARE_CURSOR_ARGB);
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c
index dcf3eb3c4..ec39967fe 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c
@@ -402,12 +402,23 @@ drmmode_load_cursor_argb (xf86CrtcPtr crtc, CARD32 *image)
 	drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
 	int i;
 	uint32_t *ptr;
-
+	uint32_t handle = drmmode_crtc->cursor_bo->handle;
+	int ret;
 	/* cursor should be mapped already */
 	ptr = (uint32_t *)(drmmode_crtc->cursor_bo->ptr);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 64 * 64; i++)
 		ptr[i] = image[i];// cpu_to_le32(image[i]);
+
+	ret = drmModeSetCursor(drmmode_crtc->drmmode->fd, drmmode_crtc->mode_crtc->crtc_id, handle, 64, 64);
+	if (ret) {
+		xf86CrtcConfigPtr   xf86_config = XF86_CRTC_CONFIG_PTR(crtc->scrn);
+		xf86CursorInfoPtr	cursor_info = xf86_config->cursor_info;
+		
+		cursor_info->MaxWidth = cursor_info->MaxHeight = 0;
+		drmmode_crtc->drmmode->sw_cursor = TRUE;
+		/* fallback to swcursor */
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.h b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.h
index 845207a67..7ede1593e 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.h
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #endif
     drmEventContext event_context;
     struct dumb_bo *front_bo;
+    Bool sw_cursor;
 } drmmode_rec, *drmmode_ptr;
 
 typedef struct {