diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
index 1f042346e722..778f83ea2249 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ vcs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 	size_t ret;
 	char *con_buf;
 
+	if (use_unicode(inode))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	con_buf = (char *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!con_buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;