diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index b9a9a07f1ee9e44891d08b7f3ee6832e27dca66e..3e5ec1cee0593019bdd0d640ea9aebd5ec1b2493 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -1521,7 +1521,8 @@ static void csi_J(struct vc_data *vc, int vpar)
 			return;
 	}
 	scr_memsetw(start, vc->vc_video_erase_char, 2 * count);
-	update_region(vc, (unsigned long) start, count);
+	if (con_should_update(vc))
+		do_update_region(vc, (unsigned long) start, count);
 	vc->vc_need_wrap = 0;
 }