diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index 279c2dbef8f8cbca800f1ec9babe06423da727e2..0c1461b26dd63b2f2b2ae1770832c04eb9f1c7ae 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ fb_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	case FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP:
 		if (copy_from_user(&con2fb, argp, sizeof(con2fb)))
 			return - EFAULT;
-		if (con2fb.console < 0 || con2fb.console > MAX_NR_CONSOLES)
+		if (con2fb.console < 1 || con2fb.console > MAX_NR_CONSOLES)
 		    return -EINVAL;
 		if (con2fb.framebuffer < 0 || con2fb.framebuffer >= FB_MAX)
 		    return -EINVAL;