diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d4ac01c5fe52..f4ce95883f09 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a461e11e7b8ca2705889bcf9582f6a8f84884bd2
+refs/heads/master: 299fb61c08c2fcd1bb6d3a4e87e53dc368475416
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index dc42d5689483..6c1b676643a9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -809,6 +809,8 @@ static int port_fops_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	reclaim_consumed_buffers(port);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&port->outvq_lock);
 
+	nonseekable_open(inode, filp);
+
 	/* Notify host of port being opened */
 	send_control_msg(filp->private_data, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_OPEN, 1);
 
@@ -840,6 +842,7 @@ static const struct file_operations port_fops = {
 	.poll  = port_fops_poll,
 	.release = port_fops_release,
 	.fasync = port_fops_fasync,
+	.llseek = no_llseek,
 };
 
 /*