1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c b/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c
index 1c1dae0deea3..33b7141a182f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #define RAW3215_NR_CCWS     3
 #define RAW3215_TIMEOUT     HZ/10     /* time for delayed output */
 
+#define RAW3215_FIXED       1         /* 3215 console device is not be freed */
 #define RAW3215_WORKING     4         /* set if a request is being worked on */
 #define RAW3215_THROTTLED   8         /* set if reading is disabled */
 #define RAW3215_STOPPED     16        /* set if writing is disabled */
@@ -630,7 +631,8 @@ static void raw3215_shutdown(struct raw3215_info *raw)
         DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
         unsigned long flags;
 
-        if (!(raw->port.flags & ASYNC_INITIALIZED))
+        if (!(raw->port.flags & ASYNC_INITIALIZED) ||
+            (raw->flags & RAW3215_FIXED))
                 return;
         /* Wait for outstanding requests, then free irq */
         spin_lock_irqsave(get_ccwdev_lock(raw->cdev), flags);
@@ -927,6 +929,8 @@ static int __init con3215_init(void)
         dev_set_drvdata(&cdev->dev, raw);
         cdev->handler = raw3215_irq;
 
+        raw->flags |= RAW3215_FIXED;
+
         /* Request the console irq */
         if (raw3215_startup(raw) != 0) {
                 raw3215_free_info(raw);