diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4fc5fc4b0f98..cb7bee521882 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8529a504273d4efa6bb004dcd6ef28fe67b64ae9
+refs/heads/master: b3dddb9e6ddab74327f5557c1a6640ea0f56ad1c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 47b710ca4ab3..e17ecf5d42b5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -582,6 +582,9 @@ static ssize_t port_fops_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 	}
+	/* Port got hot-unplugged. */
+	if (!port->guest_connected)
+		return -ENODEV;
 	/*
 	 * We could've received a disconnection message while we were
 	 * waiting for more data.