diff -ru sdl-1.2.15.org/src/video/fbcon/SDL_fbvideo.c sdl-1.2.15/src/video/fbcon/SDL_fbvideo.c
--- sdl-1.2.15.org/src/video/fbcon/SDL_fbvideo.c	2012-01-19 07:30:06.000000000 +0100
+++ sdl-1.2.15/src/video/fbcon/SDL_fbvideo.c	2013-09-13 14:03:04.010453419 +0200
@@ -1907,12 +1913,11 @@
 static void FB_VideoQuit(_THIS)
 {
 	int i, j;
+	const char *dontClearPixels = SDL_getenv("SDL_FBCON_DONT_CLEAR");
 
 	if ( this->screen ) {
 		/* Clear screen and tell SDL not to free the pixels */
 
-		const char *dontClearPixels = SDL_getenv("SDL_FBCON_DONT_CLEAR");
-
 		/* If the framebuffer is not to be cleared, make sure that we won't
 		 * display the previous frame when disabling double buffering. */
 		if ( dontClearPixels && flip_page == 0 ) {
@@ -1969,7 +1974,13 @@
 
 		/* Restore the original video mode and palette */
 		if ( FB_InGraphicsMode(this) ) {
-			FB_RestorePalette(this);
+			if (dontClearPixels) {
+				/* Restore only panning, keep current  mode */
+				ioctl(console_fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &saved_vinfo);
+				saved_vinfo.yoffset = saved_vinfo.xoffset = 0;
+			} else {
+				FB_RestorePalette(this);
+			}
 			ioctl(console_fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, &saved_vinfo);
 		}