1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
index da55ccaf4d55..cc4bbbe44aca 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
@@ -585,6 +585,11 @@ static void vgacon_init(struct vc_data *c, int init)
         vgacon_uni_pagedir[1]++;
         if (!vgacon_uni_pagedir[0] && p)
                 con_set_default_unimap(c);
+
+        /* Only set the default if the user didn't deliberately override it */
+        if (global_cursor_default == -1)
+                global_cursor_default =
+                        !(screen_info.flags & VIDEO_FLAGS_NOCURSOR);
 }
 
 static void vgacon_deinit(struct vc_data *c)