diff --git a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
index f0f3d573f848..a52bb3740073 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ static void vgacon_scrollback_update(struct vc_data *c, int t, int count)
 	p = (void *) (c->vc_origin + t * c->vc_size_row);
 
 	while (count--) {
+		if ((vgacon_scrollback_cur->tail + c->vc_size_row) >
+		    vgacon_scrollback_cur->size)
+			vgacon_scrollback_cur->tail = 0;
+
 		scr_memcpyw(vgacon_scrollback_cur->data +
 			    vgacon_scrollback_cur->tail,
 			    p, c->vc_size_row);