diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
index 2384ea85ffafed31c9450481125dc7740a4b387c..2fb509d57e88c4ee5d1e99b00086ff11ccaec361 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
@@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ vcs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 	size_t ret;
 	char *con_buf;
 
+	if (use_unicode(inode))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	con_buf = (char *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!con_buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;