diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e1732ffccca7..41ee8133d3bb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9a82446bd269b130a9ac270e720e65c3843d4d0c
+refs/heads/master: 162a689a13ed61c0752726edb75427b2cd4186c1
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 026ea6c27e07..48306bc733f7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -646,13 +646,13 @@ static int put_chars(u32 vtermno, const char *buf, int count)
 {
 	struct port *port;
 
+	if (unlikely(early_put_chars))
+		return early_put_chars(vtermno, buf, count);
+
 	port = find_port_by_vtermno(vtermno);
 	if (!port)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (unlikely(early_put_chars))
-		return early_put_chars(vtermno, buf, count);
-
 	return send_buf(port, (void *)buf, count);
 }