diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
index 7bfa95c3252c..78acc270e39a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c
@@ -743,8 +743,13 @@ static void k_fn(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char value, char up_flag)
 		return;
 
 	if ((unsigned)value < ARRAY_SIZE(func_table)) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&func_buf_lock, flags);
 		if (func_table[value])
 			puts_queue(vc, func_table[value]);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&func_buf_lock, flags);
+
 	} else
 		pr_err("k_fn called with value=%d\n", value);
 }
@@ -1991,7 +1996,7 @@ out:
 #undef s
 #undef v
 
-/* FIXME: This one needs untangling and locking */
+/* FIXME: This one needs untangling */
 int vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl(int cmd, struct kbsentry __user *user_kdgkb, int perm)
 {
 	struct kbsentry *kbs;
@@ -2023,10 +2028,14 @@ int vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl(int cmd, struct kbsentry __user *user_kdgkb, int perm)
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case KDGKBSENT: {
 		/* size should have been a struct member */
-		unsigned char *from = func_table[i] ? : "";
+		ssize_t len = sizeof(user_kdgkb->kb_string);
 
-		ret = copy_to_user(user_kdgkb->kb_string, from,
-				strlen(from) + 1) ? -EFAULT : 0;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&func_buf_lock, flags);
+		len = strlcpy(kbs->kb_string, func_table[i] ? : "", len);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&func_buf_lock, flags);
+
+		ret = copy_to_user(user_kdgkb->kb_string, kbs->kb_string,
+				len + 1) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 
 		goto reterr;
 	}