1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 1a2728034599..6c4abeaf690f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static void insert_char(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int nr)
 {
         unsigned short *p = (unsigned short *) vc->vc_pos;
 
-        scr_memmovew(p + nr, p, (vc->vc_cols - vc->vc_x) * 2);
+        scr_memmovew(p + nr, p, (vc->vc_cols - vc->vc_x - nr) * 2);
         scr_memsetw(p, vc->vc_video_erase_char, nr * 2);
         vc->vc_need_wrap = 0;
         if (DO_UPDATE(vc))