diff --git a/openpower/linux/linux-0017-fbcon-initialize-blink-interval-before-calling-fb_se.patch b/openpower/linux/linux-0017-fbcon-initialize-blink-interval-before-calling-fb_se.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fb5395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpower/linux/linux-0017-fbcon-initialize-blink-interval-before-calling-fb_se.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From 9c7d58df53ec5b6172b4b000423ab43fb47f1d8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Scot Doyle <lkml14@scotdoyle.com>
+Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 15:08:10 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH 17/18] fbcon: initialize blink interval before calling
+ fb_set_par
+
+Since commit 27a4c827c34ac4256a190cc9d24607f953c1c459
+    fbcon: use the cursor blink interval provided by vt
+
+a PPC64LE kernel fails to boot when fbcon_add_cursor_timer uses an
+uninitialized ops->cur_blink_jiffies. Prevent by initializing
+in fbcon_init before the call to info->fbops->fb_set_par.
+
+Reported-and-tested-by: Alistair Popple <alistair@popple.id.au>
+Signed-off-by: Scot Doyle <lkml14@scotdoyle.com>
+Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> [v4.2]
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
+---
+ drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+index 1aaf893..92f3949 100644
+--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
++++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
+@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)
+ 		con_copy_unimap(vc, svc);
+ 
+ 	ops = info->fbcon_par;
++	ops->cur_blink_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(vc->vc_cur_blink_ms);
+ 	p->con_rotate = initial_rotation;
+ 	set_blitting_type(vc, info);
+ 
+-- 
+2.5.0
+