diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 650b095fda8a..c4fca0573bb7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 47331231bb997a8adb79774fc4cf4bb48fe4e00a
+refs/heads/master: 4c30c6f566c0989ddaee3407da44751e340a63ed
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/printk.c b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
index 836a2ae0ac31..28a40d8171b8 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ static int __init printk_late_init(void)
 	struct console *con;
 
 	for_each_console(con) {
-		if (con->flags & CON_BOOT) {
+		if (!keep_bootcon && con->flags & CON_BOOT) {
 			printk(KERN_INFO "turn off boot console %s%d\n",
 				con->name, con->index);
 			unregister_console(con);