1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 76407eca9ab0..4f6ae05eb4f9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -3545,7 +3545,7 @@ int register_con_driver(const struct consw *csw, int first, int last)
 
                 /* already registered */
                 if (con_driver->con == csw)
-                        retval = -EINVAL;
+                        retval = -EBUSY;
         }
 
         if (retval)
@@ -3656,7 +3656,12 @@ int take_over_console(const struct consw *csw, int first, int last, int deflt)
         int err;
 
         err = register_con_driver(csw, first, last);
-
+        /* if we get an busy error we still want to bind the console driver
+         * and return success, as we may have unbound the console driver
+         * but not unregistered it.
+        */
+        if (err == -EBUSY)
+                err = 0;
         if (!err)
                 bind_con_driver(csw, first, last, deflt);