diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index 7947bd1b4cf75969c6a502358a30600d42b3e185..404f4c1ee43145c5429f6639f0454e5a59818f3f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -770,14 +770,12 @@ int vc_allocate(unsigned int currcons)	/* return 0 on success */
 	    visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
 	    if (!*vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc)
 		con_set_default_unimap(vc);
-	    if (!vc->vc_kmalloced)
-		vc->vc_screenbuf = kmalloc(vc->vc_screenbuf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	    vc->vc_screenbuf = kmalloc(vc->vc_screenbuf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	    if (!vc->vc_screenbuf) {
 		kfree(vc);
 		vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	    }
-	    vc->vc_kmalloced = 1;
 	    vc_init(vc, vc->vc_rows, vc->vc_cols, 1);
 	    vcs_make_sysfs(currcons);
 	    atomic_notifier_call_chain(&vt_notifier_list, VT_ALLOCATE, &param);
@@ -913,10 +911,8 @@ static int vc_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vc_data *vc,
 	if (new_scr_end > new_origin)
 		scr_memsetw((void *)new_origin, vc->vc_video_erase_char,
 			    new_scr_end - new_origin);
-	if (vc->vc_kmalloced)
-		kfree(vc->vc_screenbuf);
+	kfree(vc->vc_screenbuf);
 	vc->vc_screenbuf = newscreen;
-	vc->vc_kmalloced = 1;
 	vc->vc_screenbuf_size = new_screen_size;
 	set_origin(vc);
 
@@ -995,8 +991,7 @@ void vc_deallocate(unsigned int currcons)
 		vc->vc_sw->con_deinit(vc);
 		put_pid(vc->vt_pid);
 		module_put(vc->vc_sw->owner);
-		if (vc->vc_kmalloced)
-			kfree(vc->vc_screenbuf);
+		kfree(vc->vc_screenbuf);
 		if (currcons >= MIN_NR_CONSOLES)
 			kfree(vc);
 		vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;
@@ -2881,7 +2876,6 @@ static int __init con_init(void)
 		INIT_WORK(&vc_cons[currcons].SAK_work, vc_SAK);
 		visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
 		vc->vc_screenbuf = kzalloc(vc->vc_screenbuf_size, GFP_NOWAIT);
-		vc->vc_kmalloced = 0;
 		vc_init(vc, vc->vc_rows, vc->vc_cols,
 			currcons || !vc->vc_sw->con_save_screen);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/console_struct.h b/include/linux/console_struct.h
index d71f7c0f931b34b63bfacde2b06d19ffc5001616..38fe59dc89aefaa97871270371f28ff74bf8ca3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/console_struct.h
+++ b/include/linux/console_struct.h
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ struct vc_data {
 	unsigned int	vc_need_wrap	: 1;
 	unsigned int	vc_can_do_color	: 1;
 	unsigned int	vc_report_mouse : 2;
-	unsigned int	vc_kmalloced	: 1;
 	unsigned char	vc_utf		: 1;	/* Unicode UTF-8 encoding */
 	unsigned char	vc_utf_count;
 		 int	vc_utf_char;