1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 4961410ba367..7ce9a8c13312 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -985,12 +985,15 @@ void register_console(struct console *console)
         if (!(console->flags & CON_ENABLED))
                 return;
 
-        if (bootconsole) {
+        if (bootconsole && (console->flags & CON_CONSDEV)) {
                 printk(KERN_INFO "console handover: boot [%s%d] -> real [%s%d]\n",
                        bootconsole->name, bootconsole->index,
                        console->name, console->index);
                 unregister_console(bootconsole);
                 console->flags &= ~CON_PRINTBUFFER;
+        } else {
+                printk(KERN_INFO "console [%s%d] enabled\n",
+                       console->name, console->index);
         }
 
         /*