1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 8b42f87e311d..7d5556152234 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1157,8 +1157,11 @@ void register_console(struct console *console)
                         console->index = 0;
                 if (console->setup == NULL ||
                     console->setup(console, NULL) == 0) {
-                        console->flags |= CON_ENABLED | CON_CONSDEV;
-                        preferred_console = 0;
+                        console->flags |= CON_ENABLED;
+                        if (console->device) {
+                                console->flags |= CON_CONSDEV;
+                                preferred_console = 0;
+                        }
                 }
         }