1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
index 5ae2a3250c50..212276affa1f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ int __init kbd_init(void)
                 kbd_table[i].lockstate = KBD_DEFLOCK;
                 kbd_table[i].slockstate = 0;
                 kbd_table[i].modeflags = KBD_DEFMODE;
-                kbd_table[i].kbdmode = VC_XLATE;
+                kbd_table[i].kbdmode = default_utf8 ? VC_UNICODE : VC_XLATE;
         }
 
         error = input_register_handler(&kbd_handler);