diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 30fc2a60c352059cdc728ebf2102b3bed3f541af..2ebe73b116dc7e62cea3b8e846f309b5a3f7509c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ static void delete_char(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int nr)
 	unsigned short *p = (unsigned short *) vc->vc_pos;
 
 	vc_uniscr_delete(vc, nr);
-	scr_memcpyw(p, p + nr, (vc->vc_cols - vc->state.x - nr) * 2);
+	scr_memmovew(p, p + nr, (vc->vc_cols - vc->state.x - nr) * 2);
 	scr_memsetw(p + vc->vc_cols - vc->state.x - nr, vc->vc_video_erase_char,
 			nr * 2);
 	vc->vc_need_wrap = 0;