diff -urN oldtree/drivers/char/vt.c newtree/drivers/char/vt.c
--- oldtree/drivers/char/vt.c	2006-08-18 15:01:22.000000000 -0400
+++ newtree/drivers/char/vt.c	2006-08-20 04:45:55.901366250 -0400
@@ -738,7 +738,8 @@
 	    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;