diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 1fad4978a3b4138e3c70205bf5232d22f3105370..b2b5f19fb2fb95a44a48fab03156e391037c9f44 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ static inline int resize_screen(struct vc_data *vc, int width, int height,
 	/* Resizes the resolution of the display adapater */
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (vc->vc_mode != KD_GRAPHICS && vc->vc_sw->con_resize)
+	if (vc->vc_sw->con_resize)
 		err = vc->vc_sw->con_resize(vc, width, height, user);
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 3a75d2d3d16ac2aa9d7413a9b6f49f50e55ede82..44bbad2e945aaee57baa77b274c9302ea62d76d7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ static int fbcon_resize(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int width,
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		DPRINTK("resize now %ix%i\n", var.xres, var.yres);
-		if (con_is_visible(vc)) {
+		if (con_is_visible(vc) && vc->vc_mode == KD_TEXT) {
 			var.activate = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW |
 				FB_ACTIVATE_FORCE;
 			fb_set_var(info, &var);