diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
index 38948ac5fc49..7297997fcf04 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -350,22 +350,13 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty,
 {
 	struct vc_data *vc = tty->driver_data;
 	struct console_font_op op;	/* used in multiple places here */
-	unsigned int console;
+	unsigned int console = vc->vc_num;
 	unsigned char ucval;
 	unsigned int uival;
 	void __user *up = (void __user *)arg;
 	int i, perm;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	console = vc->vc_num;
-
-
-	if (!vc_cons_allocated(console)) { 	/* impossible? */
-		ret = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-
 	/*
 	 * To have permissions to do most of the vt ioctls, we either have
 	 * to be the owner of the tty, or have CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG.
@@ -1195,14 +1186,9 @@ long vt_compat_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty,
 {
 	struct vc_data *vc = tty->driver_data;
 	struct console_font_op op;	/* used in multiple places here */
-	unsigned int console = vc->vc_num;
 	void __user *up = compat_ptr(arg);
 	int perm;
 
-
-	if (!vc_cons_allocated(console)) 	/* impossible? */
-		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
-
 	/*
 	 * To have permissions to do most of the vt ioctls, we either have
 	 * to be the owner of the tty, or have CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG.