diff --git a/extmod/modframebuf.c b/extmod/modframebuf.c
index eabe819973..c62ac4fe39 100644
--- a/extmod/modframebuf.c
+++ b/extmod/modframebuf.c
@@ -336,12 +336,8 @@ STATIC void framebuf_args(const mp_obj_t *args_in, mp_int_t *args_out, int n) {
 }
 
 STATIC mp_int_t framebuf_get_buffer(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_buffer_info_t *bufinfo, mp_uint_t flags) {
-    (void)flags;
     mp_obj_framebuf_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
-    bufinfo->buf = self->buf;
-    bufinfo->len = self->stride * self->height * (self->format == FRAMEBUF_RGB565 ? 2 : 1);
-    bufinfo->typecode = 'B'; // view framebuf as bytes
-    return 0;
+    return mp_get_buffer(self->buf_obj, bufinfo, flags) ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
 STATIC mp_obj_t framebuf_fill(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t col_in) {
diff --git a/tests/extmod/framebuf1.py b/tests/extmod/framebuf1.py
index d35674a709..b1173d5368 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/framebuf1.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/framebuf1.py
@@ -109,3 +109,9 @@ except ValueError:
 fbuf = framebuf.FrameBuffer1(buf, w, h)
 fbuf = framebuf.FrameBuffer1(buf, w, h, w)
 print(framebuf.MVLSB == framebuf.MONO_VLSB)
+
+# test get-buffer (returns the original buffer)
+fbuf = framebuf.FrameBuffer(bytearray(2), 8, 1, framebuf.MONO_HLSB)
+fbuf.pixel(0, 0, 1)
+fbuf.pixel(4, 0, 1)
+print(bytearray(fbuf))
diff --git a/tests/extmod/framebuf1.py.exp b/tests/extmod/framebuf1.py.exp
index b9cd97835d..4f18e48eca 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/framebuf1.py.exp
+++ b/tests/extmod/framebuf1.py.exp
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ bytearray(b'\n\x15\n\x15\n\x15\n\x15\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00')
 
 ValueError
 True
+bytearray(b'\x88\x00')