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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vt.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index b49f03375439..fb75da940b59 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -737,7 +737,8 @@ int vc_allocate(unsigned int currcons) /* return 0 on success */
visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
if (!*vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc)
con_set_default_unimap(vc);
- vc->vc_screenbuf = kmalloc(vc->vc_screenbuf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!vc->vc_kmalloced)
+ vc->vc_screenbuf = kmalloc(vc->vc_screenbuf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!vc->vc_screenbuf) {
kfree(vc);
vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;