diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index be3553bf87f7..7a95c4f30dc0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0047634d3daebca9e99a22eb89167bf77f35cdfa
+refs/heads/master: 60e5e0b84045ce0f6ab07a02c7fcd6627b53d2d3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index e3fb5296cf25..942a9826bd23 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -529,6 +529,10 @@ static bool will_write_block(struct port *port)
 {
 	bool ret;
 
+	if (!port->guest_connected) {
+		/* Port got hot-unplugged. Let's exit. */
+		return false;
+	}
 	if (!port->host_connected)
 		return true;