--- linux/drivers/video/fbmem.c	Tue Oct 26 14:09:42 2004
+++ linux/drivers/video/fbmem.c.patched	Tue Oct 26 14:13:37 2004
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	if (blank) { 
 		black = kmalloc(sizeof(u16) * info->cmap.len, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!black) {
+		if (black) {
 			memset(black, 0, info->cmap.len * sizeof(u16));
 			cmap.red = cmap.green = cmap.blue = black;
 			cmap.transp = info->cmap.transp ? black : NULL;