diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
index 5e096f43bceaceb056098d69227d937501ef27bf..65447c5f91d7e0c1108d5f4db5d6eaf69af53234 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -1463,7 +1463,6 @@ compat_kdfontop_ioctl(struct compat_console_font_op __user *fontop,
 	if (!perm && op->op != KD_FONT_OP_GET)
 		return -EPERM;
 	op->data = compat_ptr(((struct compat_console_font_op *)op)->data);
-	op->flags |= KD_FONT_FLAG_OLD;
 	i = con_font_op(vc, op);
 	if (i)
 		return i;