diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9a03d5294c95..dd12950e82f0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3859f6a248cbdfbe7b41663f3a2b51f48e30b281
+refs/heads/master: f786648b89f00d4e66fe6b19beffd30e764651fc
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/vt.c b/trunk/drivers/char/vt.c
index 30d96739fb23..665103ccaee8 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@ static int con_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	acquire_console_sem();
-	if (tty->count == 1) {
+	if (tty->driver_data == NULL) {
 		ret = vc_allocate(currcons);
 		if (ret == 0) {
 			struct vc_data *vc = vc_cons[currcons].d;