if (vbemode) {
                for (i = 0; i < par->vbe_modes_cnt; i++) {
                        if (par->vbe_modes[i].mode_id == vbemode) {
+                               modeid = i;
+                               uvesafb_setup_var(&info->var, info,
+                                               &par->vbe_modes[modeid]);
                                fb_get_mode(FB_VSYNCTIMINGS | FB_IGNOREMON, 60,
-                                                       &info->var, info);
+                                               &info->var, info);
                                /*
                                 * With pixclock set to 0, the default BIOS
                                 * timings will be used in set_par().
                                 */
                                info->var.pixclock = 0;
-                               modeid = i;
                                goto gotmode;
                        }
                }
                        fb_videomode_to_var(&info->var, mode);
                } else {
                        modeid = par->vbe_modes[0].mode_id;
+                       uvesafb_setup_var(&info->var, info,
+                                       &par->vbe_modes[modeid]);
                        fb_get_mode(FB_VSYNCTIMINGS | FB_IGNOREMON, 60,
-                                   &info->var, info);
+                                       &info->var, info);
+
                        goto gotmode;
                }
        }
        if (modeid == -1)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-gotmode:
        uvesafb_setup_var(&info->var, info, &par->vbe_modes[modeid]);
 
+gotmode:
        /*
         * If we are not VBE3.0+ compliant, we're done -- the BIOS will
         * ignore our timings anyway.